Clos Jebsal Pinot Gris Selection de Grains Nobles
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, blue cheese, apricot tart
✨ Technical Specifications
The Clos Jebsal is a tiny, steep 1.3-hectare monopole vineyard in Turckheim owned exclusively by Domaine Zind Humbrecht. Situated on a south-facing slope directly below the Brand Grand Cru, its unique terroir is dominated by grey marl and gypsum from the Keuper geological period. This heavy, clay-rich soil acts like a sponge, retaining moisture even in dry years, which, combined with the warm microclimate, creates the perfect breeding ground for Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). The Selection de Grains Nobles (SGN) is only produced in years when the noble rot achieves absolute perfection. The grapes are painstakingly harvested by hand, berry by berry, yielding an incredibly concentrated, nectar-like wine. Because of the extreme sugar levels, fermentation is exceptionally slow and often stops naturally at a very low alcohol level, leaving a wine of immense complexity, luscious sweetness, and vibrant, balancing acidity.
🍾 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
Pinot Gris
🍷 ABV
6% - 9%