Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, strong blue cheeses (such as Roquefort or Munster), and moderately spicy Asian cuisine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Zind Humbrecht's Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives is a monumental expression of Alsace's late-harvest winemaking tradition. Sourced from prestigious, low-yielding Grand Cru vineyards such as Hengst and Goldert, where limestone-rich soils impart a profound structural backbone, this wine is only produced in exceptional years when autumn conditions allow for the development of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The grapes are harvested by hand in successive passes to select only the most concentrated, overripe berries. In the cellar, Olivier Humbrecht MW employs extremely slow, natural fermentations in ancient oak foudres, allowing the wine to develop its signature complexity. The result is a luscious, deeply aromatic masterpiece defined by notes of exotic lychee, wild rose, ginger, and honeyed spice, balanced by a vibrant, terroir-driven 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
Gewurztraminer
🍷 ABV
11.5% - 13.5%