Turckheim Pinot Gris
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted pork loin, wild mushroom risotto, or mildly spiced Asian cuisine.
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Zind Humbrecht's Turckheim Pinot Gris showcases the unique gravelly, silt-laden soils of the valley floor in Turckheim, which absorb heat during the day and radiate it back to the vines at night. This terroir, combined with the estate's strict biodynamic farming practices, yields a Pinot Gris of remarkable depth, texture, and complexity. Historically, Pinot Gris in Alsace was associated with the legendary 'Tokay' moniker, a name wrapped in centuries of European folklore before modern regulations protected the Hungarian origin. Zind Humbrecht vinifies this cuvée using indigenous yeasts and slow, cool fermentations in traditional large oak foudres, resulting in a wine that beautifully balances rich, smoky stone fruit characters with a vibrant, mineral-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
Pinot Gris
🍷 ABV
13.5% - 14.5%