Alsace Grand Cru "Rangen de Thann" 2017 - Zind-Humbrecht

€109,17

Alsace Grand Cru "Rangen de Thann" 2017 - Zind-Humbrecht

Name: Alsace Grand Cru "Rangen de Thann" 2017 - Zind-Humbrecht
Brand: Zind-Humbrecht
Price: 109.17 EUR
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Alsace Grand Cru AOC·Riesling(75 cl / 13.0%)

€109,17

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Food pairing

Poultry Fish Shellfish Aged cheese

Excellent with grilled turbot, oysters, smoked salmon, roast guinea fowl or a mature Comté.

How to serve it

Temperature8-10 °C

GlassMedium tulip glass

The wine

Denomination: Alsace Grand Cru AOC
Region: International
Country: France
Alcohol: 13.0% vol.
Bottle size: 0.75 L
Allergens: Contains sulfites

Tasting notes

Pale gold with a green rim. Smoke, gunflint and crushed rock lead the nose, followed by grapefruit, white peach and a trace of ginger. The palate is tight and vertical, its concentrated citrus fruit wrapped in piercing acidity and a stony grip. The finish is very long, dry and smoky, with lingering lime and wet slate.

About this wine

Clos Saint-Urbain in the Rangen de Thann is the southernmost Grand Cru of Alsace and the only one planted on volcanic rock, a near-vertical amphitheatre of dark schist and tuff above the town of Thann. Zind-Humbrecht has farmed it biodynamically for decades and regards it as the estate's most singular site.

The 2017 was harvested by hand, fermented slowly with wild yeasts in old oak and left on its lees without filtration. Volcanic soil gives Riesling an unmistakable smoky, gunflint signature here, carried on an almost severe line of acidity.

A dense, saline and deeply mineral white that rewards years of patience.