| Terroir |
The Clos Windsbuhl vineyard enjoys long cool and late ripening conditions. As gewurztraminer is a grape variety that enjoys some sun and heat just before the harvest, we always worry that it will struggle to reach perfect ripeness in this vineyard. Fortunately we always worry for nothing! Certainly the perfect exposure and poor calcareous rocky soil must partly compensate the cooler climate, but more importantly, the longer ripening process allows the grapes to develop a huge aromatic complexity while retaining great structure. 2007 was partially botrytised and therefore the grapes reached very high ripeness level with one of the highest acidity for this grape. The fermentation was the slowest, keeping a large amount of residual sweetness with a lower than usual alcohol level and it is not surprising that this was the last gewurztraminer bottled in 2007, at the exception of the SGNs. |
Tasting Notes
酒評 |
Mango, musk melon, litchi, jasmine, black tea, and ginger on the nose of the Zind-Humbrecht 2007 Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl join with honey, lime, and marzipan on a creamy, buoyant palate for an effect confectionary and yet somehow refreshing. Cashew brittle, candied ginger and lime zest along with liquid floral perfume dominate the soothing, buoyant, almost endlessly enticing finish. This benefits from some of the highest acidity of any of the Zind-Humbrecht 2007s, even though one doesn't taste that as such. You can lock this away for 20 years if you wish, but it is still going to have sweetness to spare, I suspect, so why not savor it all along, even if that means unaccompanied?
Score: 93, David Schildknecht,
Wine Advocate (188), April 2010
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