Domaine Zind Humbrecht, Zind

Lots going on here, with notes of lemon oil, stone fruit, and honeydew melon flanked by hints of sea salt and smoke. Oak emerges with more air, and a flinty note weaves in too. Lively acidity keeps it all feeling fresh.

2018 vintage

Color: light gold with green Nose: apple and peach, fairly ripe actually. Match. Minerals. A good amount of wet stone. Perhaps some white ribes Palate: medium acidity, hint of bitter, medium-full body. Has a fairly fruit-driven mouth, with minerals taking a bit of a backseat Finish: medium Good albeit fruit-forward and a little ripe in the context of something made out of chardonnay in Alsace. I feel like perhaps I'm not really qualified to a review here because I don't …

2018 vintage

Drank over 5 nights. It maintained a beautiful balance of crisp minerality and rounded fruit the whole time (after night one in the fridge). Beautiful and age worthy!

2015 vintage

Another excellent wine from this estate. 70% Chardonnay and 30% Auxerrois. The richness is balanced by good acidity and while it is unusual to have a Chardonnay from Alsace, it works really well plus this is good value.

2015 vintage

Another great wine from Zind-Humbrecht. this is another example that shows how this winery excels at every level. 70% chardonnay, 30% Auxerrois, this has some richness and intensity that made for a really enjoyable aperitif but will also be very food friendly. Zind-Humbrecht continues to impress as one of the best wineries in the world

2015 vintage

Went very well with a classic French onion soup as a first course at dinner. Nice flavors of peach, unripe strawberry, and tangerine. Pleasant floral nose. The acidity balanced the richness of the soup. Short, crisp finish.

2015 vintage

Lovely unpretentious drinking Alsace "alternative Chardonnay"! Off dry, medium bodied with great acidity. The nose was fruity with tropical nose, honey and oranges. It was drunk with various cheeses (including Comte and Roquefort) and it turned out to be a good match. No hurry to drink up as it should keep for a few more years.

2011 vintage

2015 Zind Humbrecht? Current gold indeed (Domaine Zind Humbrecht) : A fairly straightforward and pleasing dry white.

2015 vintage

A visit to Zind Humbrecht (Alsace, France) : Great to try this perennial value wine from 2015. As I said somewhere else, it looks like 2015 is a great vintage, at least for my tastes in Alsace. This is 60% Chardonnay, 30% Auxerois, and 10% Pinot Blanc. Light gold, almost clear in color. The nose is tight. With some swirling, some lemony notes come out along with a bit of cashew cream and minerals. More open at this point on …

2015 vintage

I am really confused by the drinking window some users have applied to much younger vintages. I was offered 72 bottles of this wine on a 2001 vintage, which had been stored in one cellar since release. Being slightly sceptical, and bearing in mind that I hadn't previously tasted this wine, I was therefore led to believe it may well be over the hill. I was half expecting a waxy, oxidised wine that would be 'interesting' to taste - but …

2001 vintage

A beautiful burnt golden orange in the glass with intense aromatics of green apple, apricot, orange, peach and melon. On the palate it's a lot of orchard fruit a d toasted nuts. My favorite not complaint is the lack of acidity. Unfortunately this '02 didn't perform quite as well as the spectator '03 I drank almost a year ago.

2002 vintage

A bit funky notes at first but dissapear within a couple of minutes in the glass, full bodied, great acidity, tropical hints, honey and grilled lemon. Off dry but does not feel to sweet thanks to the acidity. Great with comté gratinated lobster!

2011 vintage

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2011 vintage

Perfectly lovely aperitif. Quince, greengages, some pear drop on the nose, with background gunflint and smoke. Indeed this is weighty Auxerrois. I don't have a problem with the Chardonnay being inconspicuous, it simply adds a bit of weight and structure. That being said, good Auxerrois doesn't really need it. I do think it probably helps it stand up a bit better with food and the finish had slightly less of that awkward sweetshop/sherbet note Aux can have.

2011 vintage

Saved this for years just to see what would happen. Not aprofound wine but not dead at all. Still good to excellent.

2002 vintage

Peaches and popcorn - a little odd. It's the Auxerrois, I think.

2011 vintage

This vintage is a little lackluster. Some good acid from the auxerrois but the Chardonnay isn't very expressive to the point that you wouldn't know it was there if you didn't know the blend. It's fine but at this price I will pass.

2011 vintage

Considering this had been standing upright in a store for a decade, I was suspicious, but what a classy nose! Very pretty, and totally fresh. Evolved, but not as much as I would have thought. Pineapple custard, decent length, a bit flabby, highly enjoyable.

2002 vintage

Robe aux reflets dorés Nez floral (rose, lilas) très expressif, puis abricot, et notes miellées. Attaque très florales à laquelle succède des notes de résineux très marquées, le fruit s'effaçant malheureusement. Le vin possède une belle acidité à l'attaque et l'impression de sucre à l'ouverture disparait après 1h30 d'ouverture. Le gras prend légèrement le relais après l'attaque, mais la matière n'est pas immense et je note une bouche un peu entonnoir, manquant de tenue et finissant sur des notes amères …

2002 vintage

Friday Night Blind Tasting (Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.) : Dark golden colored. Nose shows explosive honey, pistachio nut, and lychee. The palate is fresh with plump fruit, and high acid. There's some sweetness that reminds me of riesling, but an olive oil flavor that makes me think of some sort of strange Italian white wine. I guessed it as an Alsace riesling. I think this does have some riesling in it, but I was right about my notion that …

2001 vintage

Tasted blind N tropical fruit, cheese, fur, and spice P peach, cheese, a little furry green herb, and seashell F Average good acidity Wasn't my cup of tea

2001 vintage

This wine was way better than I anticipated. The nose bursts with tropical fruits: melon, pear, peach, banana, orange, lemon. It has an oily texture with rich citrus and a mild butter overtone. The fruits roll off your tongue and fade into butterscotch and cream on the finish. This wine could be enjoyed as a starter, main course, or dessert wine. It is extremely versatile. Well done.

2002 vintage

An interesting blend that works for the most part. The nose is rather complex, but the palate is missing that complexity and doesn't really achieve any vivid detail. True to Zind's efforts, this was no less a solid food wine. I think I'd have gone with a little less Chard in the blend. Drink thru 2011. At $15 for a 375ml, I'm not complaining.

2001 vintage

I enjoyed this thorougly, however I wish it didn't come off as sweet. Full of tropical fruits, mango, as well as stone fruits, moreso on the palate. Viscous, oily texture with an off dry finish. This is an intense white that again I wish was fermented bone dry. Interesting blend too! Would appeal to quite the audience.

2002 vintage

Fun, enjoyable wine. Still drinking well.

2002 vintage

Cost $22.50. The closure is cork with wax on top; the cork is in good condition. The colour is deeply golden. The nose is entirely pleasant and aromatic, and complex! The flavour, too, is complex. In a word, delish. There is spice, too, and a wee bit of off-dryness, although the acidity is somewhat subdued, perhaps from age. A delightful wine to experience. Excellent (87.5).

2002 vintage

50% Auxerrois, 35% Chard, 15% Pinot Blanc. Deep gold with a green tint. Nose was very lemony at first sniff, then a little petrol and floral. After a while the honied scents really came into play. This is a really nice wine. Round and ripe yellow fruit, sweet grapefruit followed by nice refreshing acidity. Honied flavors showed throughout the taste and really became noticeable on day 2. Very nice.

2002 vintage

Fruit and spice, terroir and the tropics with a bit of chardonnay malo vanilla. Lychees and apricots with minerals. This wine is 50% auxerrois, 35% chardonnay and 15% pinot blanc. You can test all three, blended together.

2002 vintage

Golden with hints of green. Light nose. Crisp with good acidity and a bite to it from the Auxerrois. This is a delightful, easily-drinkable everyday quaffing wine. Extremely well-made and good balance.

2002 vintage

This wine has become a traditional part of Thanksgiving around here - and as always it fails to disappoint. Clean crisp fruit, delightful nose, and long citrusy finish. The wine is straw colored and slightly sweet. It never fails to be a favorite among neophytes to wine, and a pleasure to those with more tasting experience. Wonderful melon, white grape, and kiwi fruit flavors. Excellent.

2001 vintage

50% Auxerrois, 35% Chardonnay, and 15% Pinot Blanc, alc 13% by volume. Per label, this is a "vin de table," i.e., not an AOC. Delicious wine. Very fruity, crisp, with apple and candy flavours. I would gladly buy this wine again. We drank it with a meal of Basmati rice, chicken and brown sauce.

2001 vintage

fairly straight forward white blend, my guess is that the 4+ years of age is a bit more than what it was designed for, as stated below. But still a nice wine, and typical of this domaine in QPR.

2002 vintage

Ripe, fruit-driven nose of ripe asian pear, apricot and citrus. Faint cinnamon spice as well as a light nutty note. Broad on the palate, with juicy fruit and good underlying acidty. Very nice.

2002 vintage

A blend of Auxerrois, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. A touch of petrol on the nose. Interesting notes of peaches, pumpkin, and nutmeg. Chardonnay seems to provide some richness, but not much else in the flavor progression. Pinot Blanc comes through loudest. Probably designed for earlier consumption and would guess it is on the downside of its drinking window, as the finish was a little fatigued.

2002 vintage

Casual supper of veggie burgers and sundry cheeses. Opened this with the cheeses and kept drinking through supper. Complex white fruits, excellent minerally nose, and stainless steel/slate on the nose and back palate. Good!

2001 vintage

Served with crab and crawfish tart with remoulade a la'Ken. Better match than the Chateuneuf blanc. This was complex, fruity, elegant and in aftertaste, minerally. This continues to be a go to white. Only slightly sweet, it seems to holf up well with most things.

2001 vintage

Delicious--med-gold color, very lively and vibrant nose; med-bodied with layers of fruit, lip-smaking finish. Great sipping on its own while cooking, and paired nicely with shrimp & pasta.

2002 vintage

Always a winner in my book. Great fruit and acid balance with nothing to hide. Sharp, crisp, and tasty.

2002 vintage

excellent with sashimi! It has the right amount of fresh acidity/ fruit balance. A very pure and cristaline after taste, with a hint of grapefruit peel. We had with deep fried shrimp and oysters as well and oh boy that was just so enjoyable! I've only 1 bottle left, will have to seek for others!

2001 vintage

Beautiful wine. Apple, pear, mineral flavor. Smooth texture and very fresh indeed. Much better than last year. 90 points.

2001 vintage

very nice picnic wine. Cirtus armoas, with a clean crisp flavor.

2001 vintage

Tasted at Biodynamic growers tasting NYC. Better and more open than when I last tasted this about a year ago. A little yeasty smelling. The Chardonnay comes through in the blend. Zesty acidity and a long finish.

2001 vintage

Distinctly yellow; floral, muscat, fruit salad; dry, crisp, med bodied, loads of character. Weighty finish 15>

2001 vintage

Dad's 55th Birthday Redux at The French Room: This was a pleasant starter. Just a little bit leaning toward the sweet side with round tropical fruit intersected with guava and sweet lime. Pretty good.

2001 vintage

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