2018 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl

Riesling - 750ML
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REVIEWS

JS 95 WE 95 WA 94 WS 93
JS 95

jamessuckling.com, July 2021

Powerful and firmly structured, this imposing dry riesling is still very closed, showing just hints of ripe orange, kafir lime and lemon balm. Incredibly focused on the concentrated palate with a very long finish that’s...
WE 95

Wine Enthusiast, September 2020

The nose on this wine offers glimpses of both dried and fresh lemon peel, smoky reduction and wet chalk. The palate comes in with cool concentration focused on a ripe but tingling notion of lemon zest. Earthiness anchors...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2023

The pale lime-yellow 2018 Riesling Clos Windsbuhl opens with an intense and complex, yeasty, flinty and saline bouquet of perfectly ripe, super ripe and even stewed but healthy fruit aromas. From vines averaging 44 years...
WS 93

Wine Spectator, June 2021

There's a a streak of tangy salinity to the steeped apricot and raspberry fruit flavors in this linear white, layered with rapierlike acidity. This crackles across the palate, offering accents of kumquat, pickled ginger...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type White
Varietal Riesling
Country France
Region Alsace
Sub-region Haut Rhin
Appellation Hunawihr
Sub-appellation Clos du Windsbuhl
Vintage 2018
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 12.5%
Closure Cork

The 2018 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl is a highly-regarded white wine from the Alsace region, specifically the Clos du Windsbuhl sub-appellation in Hunawihr. Produced by Domaine Zind Humbrecht, this wine is made from Riesling grapes grown biodynamically on calcareous Muschelkalk soils, with vines averaging 44 years of age.

Receiving outstanding reviews across the board, this wine is noted for its complexity and structure. Wine Enthusiast awarded it a score of 95, highlighting its "cool concentration" and "stony, chalky lemony purity" with a "bone dry and long" finish. Anne Krebiehl MW emphasized the wine's earthiness and vivid freshness, suggesting it is best enjoyed between 2025 and 2050.

Wine Spectator gave it a score of 93, describing a "streak of tangy salinity" in the "steeped apricot and raspberry fruit flavors," complemented by notes of "kumquat, pickled ginger, pine, graphite and ground cardamom spice." This review underscored the wine's vibrant acidity and suggested it would be best from 2023 through 2030.

James Suckling, also scoring it 95, noted the wine's "powerful and firmly structured" nature, despite being "still very closed." He mentioned hints of "ripe orange, kafir lime and lemon balm," predicting that it would only improve with age after 2021.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate rated it 94, praising its "intense and complex, yeasty, flinty and saline bouquet" and "dense, very complex and sustainable dry" character. Stephan Reinhardt noted its fine, saline acidity and a "deep, pure yet still challenging" finish, indicating a promising future as it ages.

Overall, the 2018 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl offers a compelling profile for Riesling enthusiasts, with a blend of vibrant acidity, complex flavors, and promising aging potential.