Domaine Zind-Humbrecht : Riesling "Heimbourg" 2022

Characteristics and tasting notes of the Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 2022

Tasting

Colour
This white wine reveals a beautiful, luminous hue with delicate pale gold highlights.

Nose
The aromatic bouquet reveals great finesse, opening onto notes of citrus and stone fruit, enhanced by a strongly marked mineral and chalky undertone.

Palate
The palate stands out for its freshness and precision. Highly concentrated, it offers a dense texture supported by ripe tannins, stretching into a long, intensely mineral and saline finish.

Service and storage

With a remarkable ability to age, this Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 2022 can be cellared for many years to reveal the full extent of its aromatic complexity.

Other characteristics

This wine stands out for its perfectly dry profile. Bottled with minimal filtration, it preserves all its vitality and may show a slight natural sediment.

The pure, mineral expression of a great white wine from Alsace

The estate

Founded in 1959 following the union of two winemaking families, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht is a true benchmark in Alsace. Although the family's winemaking heritage dates back to 1620, it was this union that shaped the estate as we know it today. Now led by Olivier Humbrecht, the first French winemaker to become a Master of Wine, the estate spans 40 hectares. A pioneer of biodynamic viticulture since the 1990s, the estate is committed to producing authentic terroir wines by drastically limiting yields in favor of quality.

The vineyard

Located in Alsace, the vineyard spans a mosaic of around a hundred plots spread across six villages. Planted at altitudes ranging from 200 to 300 metres, the vines benefit from a dry climate sheltered by the Vosges mountains. The terroirs boast immense geological diversity, combining volcanic, limestone, marl and granite soils. The entire vineyard is farmed according to strict biodynamic principles. Soil work is carried out mostly by hand or with animal traction to preserve the soil's structure and microbial life.

The vintage

The year was marked by particularly hot and dry weather conditions. After an early budbreak, flowering took place between late May and early June. From the end of June, a heatwave and intense drought put the vines to the test. While plots located on the plain suffered greatly from water stress, hillside vines withstood conditions better thanks to their deeper water reserves. Heavy, much-needed rainfall in mid-August finally revived the growth cycle ahead of the harvest.

Winemaking and aging

The winemaking of this Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 2022 stood out for its particularly slow and extended fermentations, carried out exclusively by native yeasts. This phenomenon, linked to a nitrogen deficiency in the soil following the summer drought, required meticulous monitoring in the cellar. The wine then underwent extended aging on its fermentation lees to gain texture and complexity. Bottling takes place late, between 12 and 24 months after harvest.