Clos Hauserer Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled sea bass, roasted pork loin, and classic Alsatian choucroute garnie.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Clos Hauserer is a treasured monopole of Domaine Zind Humbrecht, nestled at the very foot of the prestigious Hengst Grand Cru in Wintzenheim. Planted entirely with Riesling in 1973, this gently sloping, sheltered vineyard is characterized by deep, marly limestone soils that retain moisture and cool temperatures. This unique microclimate slows grape ripening, preserving a piercing, vibrant acidity and allowing the grapes to develop profound aromatic complexity. Fermented slowly with indigenous yeasts and aged on its lees in traditional large oak foudres, this single-vineyard Riesling is celebrated for its intense mineral drive, structural precision, and a signature petrol-tinged complexity that emerges with age.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine Zind Humbrecht was created in 1959 through the marriage of Léonard Humbrecht and Geneviève Zind, unifying family viticultural lineages in Gueberschwihr and Wintzenheim that trace back to 1620. Today directed by Master of Wine Olivier Humbrecht alongside his wife Margaret and son Pierre-Emile, the estate commands approximately 42 hectares across Alsace's most celebrated terroirs, including prestigious Grand Crus like Rangen de Thann, Brand, Hengst, and Goldert, alongside famed monopoles and single vineyards like Clos Saint Urbain and Clos Windsbuhl. Committed to biodynamic viticulture since 1997 with full Biodyvin and Ecocert certifications, the domaine champions intense low-yield farming, whole-cluster pressing, spontaneous indigenous yeast fermentations that often extend over many months, and protracted aging on total lees in traditional oak foudres. The benchmark wines—most famously single-vineyard Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Gewurztraminer—possess profound textural concentration, vibrant acidity, uncompromising mineral transparency, and an extraordinary capacity for prolonged cellar evolution.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%