Domaine Zind Humbrecht, Pinot Gris Rotenberg

Really enjoyed this bottle. Deep golden color, little funk upon opening. Took about half an hour of air for the wine to unfurl, become focused and for the acidity to really come thru. Still drinking fine.....

Too alcoholic, lack of fruit

Very good wine. Drank with manchego and similar cheeses. Excellent match. Be aware this vintage is indice 1 (completely dry), which was a surprise to me, as other vintage har been indice 2 or 3.

Disappointing. Flabby...

I love this wine. Big fruit, big complexity, a lot of spice - with some age it is now starting to balance beautifully - everything is starting to integrate - will hold for years to come but starting to peak.

Helt klar og let gylden til strågul. Frisk og frugtig, god balanceret syre der trækker noget mundvand. Ganske god vin.

Con un ïndice 2 tiene una nariz expresiva, bastante voluminosa, con toques de frutos secos, notas de fruta tropical, también algo de fruta con hueso y recuerdos a neumático. En boca tiene buen ataque, pasa cremoso, dulzor casi imperceptible, muy buena acidez, estructura media, con profundidad y notable persistencia.

Much the same impression as in March; quite impressive nose and a powerful wine, but a bit too much alcohol for full balance. 88 p-

Yellow colour. Nose with yellow apples, ripe pears and other ripe fruit, quite a lot of smokey notes, some dried and cooked fruit, a hint of honey, and a bit of musk. Dry but fruity palate (indice 1 on Z-H's scale 1-5), good concentration of fruit, noticeable alcohol, medium acidity, stony minerality, some spice notes, and a fruity aftertaste with some alcohol. Many Z-H wines can "hide" quite high levels of alcohol due to their often excellent concentration of fruit, …

Nice pale gold colour. Upon opening, aromas of honey, wax, straw and peaches as well as some mineral aspects. In the mouth, the wine has a fine acidic backbone that is present from beginning to end, accompanied by lemon notes, as well as honey, pears, peaches and mineral elements. Very good persistence/length. It has sweetness to round out the angles of the sharp acidity. Was a good match with vietnamese bo bun (adapted recipe) and complements thai basil very well.

Rich, ripe. Totally different than the rest of the line. Full and almost flamboyant, a little petrol and spice. Some funk. Interesting.

Zind Humbrecht Tasting (Cucina Povera) : Clear pale lemon color. Clean, mid intensity, round in the nose, easy going, ripe fruits, a bit shy, alcool and pears, youthful. Off dry, medium+ body, medium/medium+ intensity, high alcohol (15.50%), and acidity, ripe fruits with pear and pineapple more obvious, unbalanced due to high alcohol, biscuit and smoke in the medium+ finish. Very good quality, premium price, just too much alcohol for me.

Harry Hadzidakis Presents Zind-Humbrecht (La Cucina Povera Reastaurant, Athens, Greece.) : Shy nose with green apple, pear, Alsatian herbs (rubarbe). Full-bodied with noticeable alcohol (15.5%) and sweetness, oily-textured with balancing acidity and a long aftertaste.