A mild and wet winter and spring allowed for a fertile budbreak but also caused lots of disease problems (mildew). Summer and ripening period to the harvest were arid and warm. 2016 strangely combines the characteristics of an early and late ripening vintage.
Winter 2015/2016 wasn’t very cold, as it happens often now. A few frost days in March and lots of humidity helped delay...
Winegrowers father to son since 1620, the Humbrecht family has cultivated their vines in the great terroirs of Alsace.
Domaine Zind Humbrecht was created in 1959 and today owns 40ha of vines present in the Grand Crus of Rangen de Thann (5.5ha), Goldert in Gueberschwihr (0.9ha), Hengst in Wintzenheim (1.4ha) and Brand in Turckheim (2.4ha); as well as the terroirs of Rotenberg (1.8ha) and Clos Häuserer (1.2ha) in Wintzenheim; Herrenweg (11.5h...
The Domaine produces wines from the following Grand Cru classified terroirs:
BRAND in Turckheim, HENGST in Wintzenheim, GOLDERT in Gueberschwihr, RANGEN DE THANN in Thann and in 2010 the Domaine was presented with an opportunity to acquire a small parcel of 0.32ha in the Grand Cru SOMMERBERG in Niedermorschwihr.
Wines from specific lieux-dits include the CLOS WINDSBUHL in Hunawihr, HEIMBOURG, CLOS JEBSAL and HERRENWEG in Turckheim, CLOS ...
Olivier Humbrecht, General Manager of Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, is the second winemaker in the world to attain Master of Wine status. With degrees from the Ecole Supérieure d’Agriculture de Purpan and Université d’Oenologie de Toulouse in Agriculture and Oenology, respectively, Olivier earned his Master of Wine certification in 1989. The same year, he took over winemaking from his father, continuing an unbroken lineage that extends back to the...
Domaine Zind Humbrecht was created in 1959 through the amalgamation of the Humbrecht family vineyards in Gueberschwihr and the Zind family vineyards in Wintzenheim. Prior to 1959, both families produced and sold their wines under their respective names.
After taking over the reins from Léonard and Geneviève Humbrecht in 1989, the Domaine is today run by Olivier and Margaret Humbrecht.
Winegrowing is a tradition in the Humbrecht family t...
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