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2007 Riesling, Clos Häuserer, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Alsace

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Riesling
Ready, but will keep
David Schildknecht
91/100
Product: 20078126061
2007 Riesling, Clos Häuserer, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Alsace

Description

Zind Humbrecht's 2007 Riesling Clos Häuserer shows all the limestone/calcareous character this grape variety can acquire from a healthy, slow ripening vintage: lots of minerals, juicy acidity and good weight. The lower than usual alcohol level makes it a fantastic food wine and its delicate finish is more enhanced by its acidity and minerality than sheer power.
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2007
Alcohol % 12.5
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Grape List Riesling
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Zind Humbrecht

Critics reviews

David Schildknecht 91/100
For some Riesling lovers tastes, though, it will be overly austere and aggressive. With virtually the same balance as Humbrechts dry (5 gram residual sugar) generic bottling, the 2007 Riesling Clos Hauserer leads with lemon, pineapple, and hints of smoked meat. Bitter notes of lemon pip, iodine, and juniper berry offer invigorating contrast on a palate of bright refreshment, underlain with a decisive sense of chalk. Lean yet full of sap and palpably dense, this persuasive, penetrating, vibrant young Riesling should be worth following for at least a dozen years. This was extremely backward in its evolution in cask as befits a backward terroir, points out Humbrecht and no report based on a 2008 tasting would have been able to do it justice.David Schildknecht - 27/04/2010
David Schildknecht, RobertParker.com (Apr 2010)

About this wine

Riesling

Riesling's twin peaks are its intense perfume and its piercing crisp acidity which it manages to retain even at high ripeness levels.
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Domaine Zind Humbrecht

The wines of Olivier Humbrecht M.W. need little introduction, possessing great depth, exactitude as well as generosity…like the man himself. The Humbrecht family viticultural roots can be traced back to The Thirty Years War of 1620. Today they own forty hectares across five villages in the Haut-Rhin, the southern half of the picturesque vineyards overlapping the Vosges foothills, treasured for its idyllic climate, tapestry of terroirs as much for its half-timbered houses. The domaine has vines in 4 Grands Crus - Rangen (Thann) 5.5 ha, Brand (Turckheim) 2.4 ha, Hengst (Wintzenheim) 1.4 ha, Goldert (Gueberschwihr) 0.9 ha as well as Single Vineyards; Rotenberg (Wintzenheim) 1.8 ha, Clos Häuserer (Wintzenheim) 1.2 ha,  Herrenweg (Turkheim) 11.5 ha, Clos Jebsal (Turkheim) 1.3 ha,  Heimbourg (Turkheim) 4 ha and Clos Windsbuhl (Hunawihr) 5.2 ha. Olivier has arguably overseen the most notable improvements in the estate’s illustrious history: a new cellar in 1992 while retaining the traditional ‘foudre’ oval barrels; initiating biodynamic practices in 1997 (certified in 2002); and the buying of a horse in 2006 to plough the vineyards!
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