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Pinot Gris Windsbuhl SDGN Trie Speciale, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht 2007

RegionAlsace
Subregion France > Alsace
ColourSweet White
TypeStill
Grape VarietyPinot Gris

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Tasting Notes

Entering the arena of barely-wines, the now-bottled Zind-Humbrecht 2007 Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl Selection de Grains Trie Speciale spent two years fermenting plus an additional year in cask thereafter. Deeply-toasted walnut, honey, marzipan, caramel, and notes of exotic, aromatic woods lend the aromas a very dark, positively oxidized cast. Given the nature of those aromas - not to mention the wine's 400 (!) grams of residual sugar - it comes to the palate with shocking vivacity; a cooling aura of mint and chamomile, glazed apricot akin to Esszencia; and a saliva-liberating salinity. Hints of toasted coconut and vanilla from the barrel manage to integrate themselves into the metaphorically dark, toasty elements that also persist in this wine's splendidly multi-faceted and dynamically interactive finish. The dazzling complexity and the fascinating alternation of electric acidity and dark, torrification confound one's expectations of wine with Esszencia-like analytic parameters. This will probably last for the better part of half a century.

97
David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate (194), May 2011
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