Pinot Gris Rangen de Thann 2020 Clos St Urbain - Zind-Humbrecht

Pinot Gris Rangen de Thann 2020 Clos St Urbain - Zind-Humbrecht Domaine Zind Humbrecht - Wine from the estate

98/100 James Suckling

When to drink this wine: 2025-2045+.

Tasted by JS in 2022 : "Super smoky, spicy and flinty, this imposing and enveloping pinot gris is barely off-dry. Welcome to a world of smoky and textural complexity on the deep and refined palate. The power and concentration are almost as complete as the ripeness, effortlessly handling the 13.5% alcohol. Super-long, creamy and spicy finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold."

• Sweetness index: 1 (technically dry wine or tasting dry.)
• Bottling : January 2022
• Acquired alcohol : 13.6°.
• Residual sugar : 8 g/l
• Total acidity : 3.0 g/l H2SO4 (4.5g/l Tartaric)
• pH : 3.4
• Yield : 23 hl/ha
• Optimum tasting : 2025-2045+.
• Average age of the vines : 57 years
• Terroir: Grand Cru Rangen de Thann Clos Saint Urbain
• Soil : South facing, Very steep slope, Volcanic (tuffs & Grauwackes)

New in 2023*: The domain has chosen to change the packaging. The capsules are no longer present on the bottles. The domain wishes to be more respectful of the environment and has therefore stopped the production of metal seals. This does not change the potential of the wine and the tasting.

The Rangen de Thann is the most southern vineyard of Alsace. In his book "Where the wine of Alsace matures" Henry Riegert writes: "the wines which mature on the hillside of the Rangen count since the Middle Ages among the famous vintages of all the vineyards of the country!

The Grand Cru du Rangen is located at the end of the valley, overlooking the river Thur, at its feet, and the town of Thann.

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Hint: Level of sweetness on the palate. Scale from 1 to 5.

1: technically dry or tasting dry. 2: not technically dry, but the sugars are not obviously apparent on the palate. Some tasters may find a slight roundness on the finish. These wines will taste dry with some bottle age. 3: medium sweetness, more important in the youth of the wine, which will gradually fade with age. 4 : Sweet wine. 5 : Sweet wine, very close to a Vendange Tardive

Attention: The bottles of Alsace wine do not fit into the wooden boxes sold separately.