2004 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Herrenweg de Turckheim
Community Tasting Note
David Meddings Likes this wine:
Sunday, April 25, 2010 - Popped and poured at 9C. Drank over 2 days and gave just as much on day 2. One of Z-H's lower end bottlings but this still gave alot of pleasure. Medium dark yellow. Complex nose, with orchard fruits predominating coupled with faint notes of petrol and gunpowder. On the palate this has a round and viscous attack that gives way to a steady development of creme brulée, lemon and sundried apricots with a saline, mineral backbone and refreshing acidity holding it all together. There is some sweetness here, but it comes across as a toasted sweetness, adding a welcome note of complexity without becoming intrusive, and as you are appreciating there's sweetness to the palate you are simultaneously experiencing a surge of acidity. All in all, the package makes for a complex, intense, and enjoyable experience. This is not a linear or particularly focused riesling. The acidity seems a bit disjointed tonight and this is all the same ever so slightly astringent on the final. Finishes long with a reverberating echo of lemons squeezed over crushed slate on a hot summer day. This wine shows better as it warms - I'd serve it at cellar temperature next time without fear of it becoming flabby.
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Comment posted by KristianT:
4/27/2010 2:50:00 AM - Very nice and detailed note. I guess that the acidity would be more balanced in a couple of years.
Comment posted by David Meddings:
6/23/2010 6:36:00 AM - Thanks Kristian....sorry for the delayed reply. I'm still getting used to the increased functionality in GS.
I think you are probably right that the acidity will tone down slightly with some additional time. That said, I don't find it too much at the moment - it's more that it seems to me that the wine is missing some other foil to the acidity present. Perhaps the toasted sweetness I mention will develop a bit more and then the acidity that is present will seem more coherent. I have 3 more bottles of this and will enjoy pulling them out slowly over the coming 5-10 years.