Clos St Urbain Rangen de Thann Pinot Gris Zind Humbrecht 2010

Clos St Urbain Rangen de Thann Pinot Gris Zind Humbrecht 2010

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Clos St Urbain Rangen de Thann Pinot Gris Zind Humbrecht 2010
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75 cl

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Clos Saint Urbain Rangen de Thann Pinot Gris 2010 from Zind-Humbrecht is a profound and volcanic expression of Alsace, sourced from the region’s southernmost and steepest Grand Cru. The Rangen vineyard features rare volcanic sedimentary soil that imparts an unmistakable smoky, mineral depth to the Pinot Gris grape. 2010 was a year of high acidity and significant concentration, resulting in a wine with remarkable structural tension and a long lifespan. This bottling exhibits an intense profile of dried apricots, honeycomb and flint, supported by a rich, viscous texture. Despite its natural weight, the volcanic terroir provides a piercing mineral backbone and a dry, saline finish.
92 Robert Parker
The Humbrechts’ 2010 Pinot Gris Rangen Clos Saint Urbain – from vines as strongly influenced by noble rot as any of theirs this vintage – finished fermenting at a modest 13.6% alcohol, but at the price of 49 grams of residual sugar, a level that in the not too distant past would have been deemed excessive for a V.T. That said, the sweetness is by no means excessive and I guessed the wine to have half as much residual sugar as it does. Quince paste and candied citrus rind are thus admirably supported, as well as strikingly complimented by scents and flavors of bacon fat that could be from Gewurztraminer, as well as by peat- and kelp-like notes typical for this site. Expansive and long, this impressively rich Pinot Gris will probably be best left alone for a decade and reward revisits through at least 2030.

”The trap into which many growers fell,” opines Olivier Humbrecht, “was to pick 2010 too early and 2011 too late. In 2010 you had to wait for the acidity – especially the malic acid – to drop; whereas in 2011 you had a battle to keep potential alcohol from getting too high and the acidity too low. That situation made 2011 a record-breaking year for production of V.T. in Alsace, though not,” he adds with a smile, “at Zind-Humbrecht.” Having said the 2010 crop needed time to ripen, Humbrecht admits to some surprise at the fact that his harvest was finished already (with the Rangen vineyards), on October 18, earlier, as well as at higher must weights, than he had anticipated when he began strategizing and picking. But then, yields were miniscule even by region-wide 2010 standards (with Gewurztraminer decimated by hail on top of poor flowering); and like most practitioners of biodynamics, Humbrecht believes his viticultural regimen is conducive to promoting ripe flavors earlier in any given season. The fact that total pH levels in his 2010 vintage Rieslings remain so low even after most of them (like their 2011 counterparts) underwent malolactic transformation, is ce

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