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Domaine Zind Humbrecht
Alsace Grand Cru68.67₣
65.25₣/ud (-5%)
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Buy Wine from Domaine Zind Humbrecht
With roots dating back to 1620, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht is much more than a winery: it is a living legacy of the Alsatian wine landscape. The modern story begins in 1959, when Léonard Humbrecht and Geneviève Zind brought together not only their lives, but also two lineages dedicated to wine. Thus was born a domaine that today represents the best of terroir expression, with an eye that honours tradition and embraces innovation.
Risk, intuition and an obsession with terroir
From the very beginning, Zind Humbrecht was committed to quality, even if that meant working difficult plots, with low yields and manual harvesting. Léonard was a pioneer in identifying forgotten slopes, recognising their immense potential. Today, under the direction of his son Olivier Humbrecht, the first French Master of Wine, the winery continues that mission with almost obsessive precision.
Impossible vineyards, unrepeatable wines
With some 40 hectares of its own vineyards in Alsace, Zind-Humbrecht owns some of the region's most emblematic crus: Rangen de Thann, with its volcanic soils and wines of an almost telluric intensity; Brand, Hengst, Goldert or Clos Windsbuhl, which offer more floral, spicy or mineral profiles depending on their geology; and unique parcels such as Clos Haüserer, Clos Jebsal or Heimbourg, where every square metre tells a different story.
Radically living agriculture
Each of these vineyards is worked like a living organism: without herbicides, with biodynamic practices, its own compost and a deep respect for natural cycles. Since 2002, the estate has been certified biodynamic, but beyond the label, what matters is the philosophy: minimum intervention, maximum expressiveness.
The winery: patience, risk and zero make-up
In the winery, decisions are made with patience: slow pressing, spontaneous fermentation, ageing on the lees, late bottling. Here, technology is no substitute for intuition, and the oenologist's role is to accompany, not impose.
Honest sweetness: we say it on the label
To guide the consumer, the labels indicate a sweetness index (from 1 to 5), which helps to understand the taste sensation of the wine beyond its residual sugar content. Because at Zind Humbrecht, each wine reflects both the year and the place: there are vintages where a Riesling can be born dry and others where it expresses itself with more voluptuousness, without altering its identity.
Wines that age like legends
Longevity is a constant: Zind Humbrecht wines are made to evolve. Rieslings, Pinot Gris and even Gewürztraminer reach unsuspected Altura here, with a cellaring capacity of decades.
We don't make fashionable wines. We make wines with soul
And although international prestige is undisputed, what defines Zind Humbrecht is its loyalty to its origins. There are no fashions or formulas; there is conviction. In a world of loud speeches, their wines speak softly but firmly. Each bottle is a map, a fragment of bottled geology, an invitation to listen to what the earth has to say.
Zind-Humbrecht does not seek to impress, he seeks to move. And in that gesture there is a form of greatness that only time and the truth of the terroir can sustain
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Buy Wine from Domaine Zind Humbrecht
With roots dating back to 1620, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht is much more than a winery: it is a living legacy of the Alsatian wine landscape. The modern story begins in 1959, when Léonard Humbrecht and Geneviève Zind brought together not only their lives, but also two lineages dedicated to wine. Thus was born a domaine that today represents the best of terroir expression, with an eye that honours tradition and embraces innovation.
Risk, intuition and an obsession with terroir
From the very beginning, Zind Humbrecht was committed to quality, even if that meant working difficult plots, with low yields and manual harvesting. Léonard was a pioneer in identifying forgotten slopes, recognising their immense potential. Today, under the direction of his son Olivier Humbrecht, the first French Master of Wine, the winery continues that mission with almost obsessive precision.
Impossible vineyards, unrepeatable wines
With some 40 hectares of its own vineyards in Alsace, Zind-Humbrecht owns some of the region's most emblematic crus: Rangen de Thann, with its volcanic soils and wines of an almost telluric intensity; Brand, Hengst, Goldert or Clos Windsbuhl, which offer more floral, spicy or mineral profiles depending on their geology; and unique parcels such as Clos Haüserer, Clos Jebsal or Heimbourg, where every square metre tells a different story.
Radically living agriculture
Each of these vineyards is worked like a living organism: without herbicides, with biodynamic practices, its own compost and a deep respect for natural cycles. Since 2002, the estate has been certified biodynamic, but beyond the label, what matters is the philosophy: minimum intervention, maximum expressiveness.
The winery: patience, risk and zero make-up
In the winery, decisions are made with patience: slow pressing, spontaneous fermentation, ageing on the lees, late bottling. Here, technology is no substitute for intuition, and the oenologist's role is to accompany, not impose.
Honest sweetness: we say it on the label
To guide the consumer, the labels indicate a sweetness index (from 1 to 5), which helps to understand the taste sensation of the wine beyond its residual sugar content. Because at Zind Humbrecht, each wine reflects both the year and the place: there are vintages where a Riesling can be born dry and others where it expresses itself with more voluptuousness, without altering its identity.
Wines that age like legends
Longevity is a constant: Zind Humbrecht wines are made to evolve. Rieslings, Pinot Gris and even Gewürztraminer reach unsuspected Altura here, with a cellaring capacity of decades.
We don't make fashionable wines. We make wines with soul
And although international prestige is undisputed, what defines Zind Humbrecht is its loyalty to its origins. There are no fashions or formulas; there is conviction. In a world of loud speeches, their wines speak softly but firmly. Each bottle is a map, a fragment of bottled geology, an invitation to listen to what the earth has to say.
Zind-Humbrecht does not seek to impress, he seeks to move. And in that gesture there is a form of greatness that only time and the truth of the terroir can sustain