Thann Clos Saint Urbain Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted pork belly, smoked trout
✨ Technical Specifications
The Rangen de Thann is Alsace's southernmost Grand Cru, famous for its dizzyingly steep 70-degree slopes and unique volcanic soils. Within this legendary site lies the Clos Saint Urbain, a historic vineyard named after the patron saint of vintners, whose chapel sits amidst the vines. Here, the Riesling vines must dig deep into the dark, heat-retaining volcanic tufa and sedimentary rock. The proximity of the Thur river provides a microclimate that tempers the extreme conditions. Domaine Zind Humbrecht crafts this wine with meticulous biodynamic care and slow, natural fermentations. The result is a Riesling of extraordinary power, characterized by a profound, smoky minerality, intense flinty notes, and a searing, structured acidity that reflects its dramatic, fiery origin.
🍾 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%