Gewurztraminer Roche Calcaire 2018 - Zind-Humbrecht

Domaine Zind-Humbecht Gewurztraminer Roche Calcaire 2018

Indice of sweetness on the palate of the 2018 vintage: 4

• Sweet wine

After having pulled out our ‘younger’ Gewurztraminer vines from Hengst, this wine should have only been made from our little vineyard of Gewurztraminer near the Goldert in Gueberschwihr. However, in 2014, this grape was badly affected by the fruit flies attacks and we had to do severe selections on all our single vineyards. We probably lost as much as 50% of the crop in some places but also feared that the resulting wines would not be at the image of one can expect from a Grand Cru vineyard. So, all our Windsbuhl, Hengst and Goldert vineyards were declassified into this cuvee. The result is of course interesting, and the wine shows unusual structure.

Indice: Sweetness level on the palate. Scale from 1 to 5.

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

Caution: Bottles of Alsace wine do not fit into the wooden boxes sold separately.