Zind Humbrecht Riesling Heimbourg

The intensely yellow colored 2016 Turckheim Riesling Heimbourg is from oligocene limestone soils in the hillside next to the winery- The wine opens with a clear, precise, piquant and herbal bouquet of crushed stones. On the palate, this is a very elegant, well-balanced, complex and crystalline Riesling with a long and stimulatingly salty finish with very fine tannins. The fruit is precise, ripe and fresh, giving a lush and harmonious texture.

Very broad and expansive on the nose. Polished and bone dry. Quite demanding at this stage. Needs a bit of time to settle down and soften. Pretty austere. But impressively persistent.