Riesling Clos Windsbuhl 2021 1500ml Magnum

Wine Description for Riesling Clos Windsbuhl 2021 1500ml Magnum from Domaine Zind-Humbrecht

Colour & Appearance

Luminous golden yellow with seductive silvery reflections – a wine that already promises intrigue in the glass.

Nose

Decanting is essential: this wine only opens up with oxygen, then unfolds a precise, limestone-marked aromatic profile of beguiling purity. Salted lemon, melon and red apple combine with lemongrass and a hint of ginger to create a bouquet of crystalline clarity. A monument that rewards patience.

Palate

Dry, taut and of almost Burgundian elegance: the wine strikes the tongue with knife-sharp acidity and a crystalline salinity that immediately stimulates salivation. Yet it feels weightlessly suspended, never heavy – a mouth-watering experience that inevitably calls for a second glass.

Finish

Long, mineral and of extraordinary verticality. The acidity carries the wine far beyond the finish, leaving a vibrant, salty finale. A wine that lingers in the memory.

Terroir & Origin

The Clos Windsbuhl in Hunawihr ranks among Alsace’s great vineyard sites. Its dolomitic limestone from the Triassic period – a shell limestone terroir of rare distinctiveness – ensures excellent drainage and forces the vines to root deep into the rock. The Riesling grows in the stonier, south-east-facing upper section of the Clos. The result: rigour, precision and an acidity structure that holds firm even in difficult vintages.

Grape Variety & Vinification

Pure Riesling with 12.5% vol. and virtually dry vinification. The 2021 vintage was challenging – late frost, a wet spring, high acidity levels – yet the Windsbuhl proved resilient thanks to its rocky soil. Fermentation proceeded steadily and regularly over a full year, producing a pure, precise wine of extraordinary ageing potential. Those opening it now should decant for at least a day, serve not too cold, ideally in large Burgundy glasses.

Food Pairing Suggestions

A wine for fine dining: turbot with white truffle on potato purée hits the mark just as surely as lobster with mango, pak choi and saffron-ginger sauce. An elegant citrus risotto with thyme also harmonises beautifully with the mineral freshness of this Riesling.

Special Features

The magnum bottle (1500 ml) is the ideal choice for a wine with this ageing potential – it slows maturation even further and promises an experience of extraordinary complexity in ten to fifteen years. A wine that impresses today and will delight tomorrow.