Domaine Zind Humbrecht, Clos Windsbuhl Riesling 2016

The Clos Windsbuhl is located on an old sedimentary limestone from the secondary period. Higher in altitude, touching the forest, it also enjoys a late ripening climate. In 2016, this vineyard was harvested four weeks after the Brand in Turckheim! It is difficult to understand how the soil composition influences eventually the character of a wine, but experience shows that the magnesium rich soil brings a certain ‘grainy’ element to the structure and also a sapid acidity that can occasionally cause the fermentation to stop earlier. This wasn’t the case in 2016, the Riesling Cos Windsbuhl 2016 tastes very dry!