Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Hengst Vendange Tardive

Zind-Humbrecht

Dessert · Gewürztraminer
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94 /100
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15
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Vintages

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1989 Dessert 94/100
Gew�rztraminer, Pinot Gris
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96
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Taster #1279 · Jun 23, 2025
95/100
Wow this a fine wine. Lychee. Rose. Pear. Peach. Great balance. Modest sweetness. Decent acids. Rich. Not cloying.
1989 vintage
Taster #9281 · Dec 19, 2024
92/100
Christmas Wimps 2024 - Los Reyes Magos (La Trompette) : A generous late addition to the line-up from Alino, as there was going to be nothing sweet otherwise. But it actually wasn't that sweet - maybe at the level of a Moulin Touchais of similar venerability. Orange blossom, cereal and pineapple, and a gentle insistence. A cosseting soft cushion of a wine, and a very suitable way to end the meal.
1989 vintage
Taster #2388 · Oct 19, 2024
A pale, golden robe. Aromas of mango and lychee. The palate is a tertiary, but still very fresh and lively with tropical fruit, a hint of almond, and warm baking spice, a velvety, spherical mouthfeel, with good acidity. A big wine, but there is freshness that keeps the wine from feeling cloying or overly sweet.
1989 vintage
Taster #6469 · Aug 5, 2024
96/100
Also in 2021 still a superb bottle of wine! I think a good bottle last easily 5 years longer. Read more on: https://werderweintraining.de/en/gewurztraminer-von-1989-ein-gereiftes-meisterwerk/
1989 vintage
Taster #0313 · May 23, 2022
95/100
Pronounced nose intensity with honey, mango, melon. High acidity, complex.
1989 vintage
Taster #5026 · Mar 7, 2022
Return to Napa; 3/6/2022-3/13/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants) : Some years ago we went to an auction with a bunch of the ZH wines and got to taste through the line-ups. The surprise for me at that session was how much I liked the Pinot Gris (always having thought of ZH as more of a Riesling producer). Same here. Served alongside a Gewurtz and a Riesling. This was my favorite of the three. While actually the oldest it actually tasted …
1989 vintage
Taster #1329 · Dec 31, 2018
96/100
Still a superb bottle of wine!
1989 vintage
Taster #5706 · Oct 31, 2018
94/100
This was a really impressive wine. PNP but followed for at least an hour. It opened up a bit from the initial pour to reveal a complex, sweet wine that paired well with buffalo wings of all things. Melons, white fruit, and a slightly savory finish (beeswax?).
1989 vintage
Taster #9635 · Oct 30, 2018
95/100
Spectacular wine. Still so fresh and vibrant with plenty of richness to the exotic Gewurz fruit flavours, a bouquet of other floral, spicy, rosewater, and honeyed notes on the nose, and more savoury burnished and faintly smoky mature elements balancing out the sweeter flavours. It's moderately sweet at this point and the balance is perfect, with enough acidity to match the sugar here and a beautiful, almost glossy texture on the palate.
1989 vintage
Taster #9573 · Jun 16, 2018
94/100
Bordeaux 1989 (@ Monarh) : Caramel, apricots, pineapple, beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness. Surely a great wine.
1989 vintage
Taster #4443 · Jun 3, 2017
Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL) : Very floral/spiced like we expect from Gewurztraminer, with nutty and ripe apricot notes. Big and powerful, while not dominated by sweetness.
1989 vintage
Taster #5445 · Aug 5, 2010
From 375ml. Deep orange color. Tastes of orange and honeycomb. Chalky finish. Seems to be tired.
1989 vintage
Taster #2546 · Apr 18, 2010
95/100
Sunday Wine Lunch: Mature Burgs, Bordeaux, Rhone (Quattro Restaurant, Four Seasons Palo Alto, California) : Medium dark green orange color; lychee, rambutan, cheremoya, baked peach nose; rich, syrup, lychee, spicy, baked peach, apricot syrup, cheremoya palate; long finish 95+ pts.
1989 vintage
Taster #6902 · Aug 20, 2007
90/100
Medium gold in color and not nearly as good as some previous bottles. Probably more a matter of bottle variation than a downward slide. Medium bodied and very ripe showing apricots and smoke. A very perfumed nose. A slight roughness on the palate that Pinot Gris sometimes takes on as it ages. This was enough to add interest but not too much so as to detract. Long finish. Very good bottle, but this bottling can enter another realm when firing …
1989 vintage
Taster #2546 · Mar 14, 2007
93/100
10-course Midweek Blowout Wine Dinner (Z-H, D�nnhoff, Deiss, more) (Bodega Bistro, San Francisco, CA) : Tighter, spicy, earthy nose; good and concentrated, but not as complex as the others in the flight; medium-plus finish
1989 vintage
Taster #6902 · Dec 20, 2006
94/100
Dark gold in color, this medium bodied wine is ripe and loaded with apples, apricots and honey mixed with white flowers. This bottle ( 375ml ) is very well integrated and drinking beautifully at the moment. Surprisingly little of the Windsbuhl smokiness but supremely enjoyable none the less. 50+13+13+9+9 = 94.
1989 vintage
Taster #6902 · Jun 3, 2006
91/100
Dinner at Steve & Barb's house. This bottle had perfect provenance as I hand carried it back from Olivier Humbrecht's cellar just 3 weeks prior. It had been a gift for us from Olivier after a discussion on corked wines where I mentioned our recent 375ml of this that was corked. This unexpected replacement was a 750ml! Of a wine that I believe Parker rated 100 points. Now, that's above and beyond the call of duty. Medium gold in the …
1989 vintage
Taster #6902 · May 6, 2006
Corked
1989 vintage
Taster #6902 · May 14, 2005
90/100
The Great Terroirs of Domaine Zind Humbrecht (Raleigh, NC) : Medium gold in color, this wine featured grapefruits and honeyed fruit. It really highlighted the spicy side of Gewurz and the power typical of Hengst. 50+12+12+8+8 = 90
1989 vintage
Taster #6902 · Jul 24, 2004
95/100
Dinner at Acme. Medium yellow in color. This wine was wonderful. Still developing but ready to go, it was powerful and concentrated with very pure aromas and flavors. Aromatic and rich it revealed mirabelles, other yellow fruits, lychee, pineapple, tangerine, minerals and spices. A very silky wine with great balance despite being very ripe with some perceptible sweetness ( 85 g/l RS at harvest ). Medium bodied with a very long finish, this wine had it all. 50+14+13+9+9 = 95.
1989 vintage