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Gewürztraminer Hengst Grand Cru Vendanges Tardives 2011

61,52 

Incl. VAT where applicable
(82,03  / 1000 ml)
Delivery Time: approx. 2-3 workdays
Gewürztraminer Stallion Grand Cru Vendanges Tardives 2011

61,52 

  • 🎨 Colour: Reflective golden yellow
  • 👃 Flavouring: Candied oranges, dried apricots, ripe mango, fir tips, rose petals, honey, ginger
  • 👅 Flavour: Expressive minerality, invigorating freshness, harmonious sweetness, fresh pineapple, hint of bitter oranges
  • 🎭 Character: Beguiling sweetness, spicy, mineral structure, long-lasting
  • 🍽️ Food recommendations: Pickled chilli peppers in maple syrup with pecorino bread, braised venison with rosemary and shallot sauce, lemon tartlet with thyme ice cream
  • ✨ Special features: Suitable for the production of magnificent late harvest wines, excellent resistance to botrytis
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Wine overview
Comparable to a warming sunbeam in the morning, the Hengst Grand Cru vineyard stretches out in Alsace near Colmar, favoured by the protective influence of the nearby Vosges Mountains. Its sunny south-east exposure and privileged location ensure early morning sunshine for the grapes and generally a well-tempered ripening phase. While the vineyard hardly ever suffers from drought, thanks to the generous water reservoirs in the marl-limestone soils, botrytis, the noble rotting "noble mould", also holds off until late in the summer. The excellent resistance of the older vines to rot makes it possible to harvest particularly ripe grapes here. Their high degree of ripeness does not necessarily predestine them for a Vendange Tardive, but does allow for the creation of magnificent late harvest wines like the 2011 Hengst.

Color
An intimate encounter with reflective golden yellow.

Nose
The 2011 Gewurztraminer from Zind-Humbrecht carefully conceals a sweet promise in the glass - ethereal bouquet of candied oranges, dried apricots, juicy peach and ripe mango, additionally rounded off by hints of fir tips, rose petals, honey and ginger. A vibrant, almost sensual aura that gently rises from the glass and enchants.

Palate
This wine is like a poem in which expressive minerality and invigorating freshness lose themselves in harmonious sweetness, always remaining stimulating and invigorating. In addition to the aromas already perceived in the nose, it delights on the palate with fresh pineapple and a hint of bitter orange, and shines brilliantly - a white wine with beguiling sweetness and spicy, mineral structure that demands eternity.

I recommend the following dishes:
- Chilli peppers pickled in maple syrup, served with warm pecorino bread
- Braised venison with rosemary-scallion sauce and apple-rocket salad
- Lemon tartlet with thyme ice cream and warm blueberry bush honey sauce.

Allergens

Contains sulfur

Winemaker

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht

Country

France

Region

Alsace

Type

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Vintage

Variety

Content

Alcohol content

Residual sweetness

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Acid

4,9 g/l

Drinking temperature

11°

Parker points

94

Manufacturer

Domaine Zind Humbrecht, 4 Route de Colmar, 68230 Turckheim / France, Organic certificate: FR-BIO-01