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Domaine Zind-Humbrecht makes this dry Alsace Riesling from granite soils, the Roche Granitique of its Roches series. Farmed biodynamically, it shows lemon, green apple and white peach over a smoky, flinty minerality.
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Domaine Zind-Humbrecht bottles this Riesling as part of its Roches series, each wine chosen to show how a single soil shapes the grape. Here the soil is granite, and the influence is direct: granite drains fast and warms quickly, pushing Riesling towards a taut, dry style with high acidity and a smoky, flinty minerality rather than the fuller weight the estate draws from limestone. The vines are farmed biodynamically, with organic and biodynamic work dating back to the late 1990s. Fruit is whole-bunch pressed and fermented slowly with native yeasts, which builds texture while keeping the aromatics precise. The colour is pale straw with green tints. The nose leads with lemon, green apple and white peach, lifted by white-flower notes and a struck-flint edge. The palate is dry, linear and mineral, the acidity carrying a long, saline finish that is the signature of granite-grown Riesling. A honeyed depth fills the middle without softening the line. Serve well chilled at 8 to 10 degrees.
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A classic with oysters, prawns and grilled white fish, where the dry, mineral line works like a squeeze of lemon. The acidity also cuts through roast pork and choucroute garnie with mustard.
