Heimbourg Pinot Gris
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork with apples, wild mushroom risotto, pan-seared foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
The Heimbourg lieu-dit, situated on a steep, southwest-facing hill in Turckheim, is renowned for its complex Oligocene limestone soils. This specific terroir imparts a striking, vibrant acidity and a profound mineral backbone to the Pinot Gris, contrasting beautifully with the grape's natural richness. Domaine Zind Humbrecht utilizes biodynamic farming and incredibly slow, indigenous yeast fermentations in traditional large oak foudres. The resulting wine is a masterclass in tension and texture, offering layers of ripe stone fruit, smoky nuances, and a precise, saline finish that reflects the limestone earth.
🍾 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
13.5% - 14.5%