Zind-Humbrecht, Riesling Brand Alsace Grand Cru, 1992 (375ml) Matthiasson Fall 2024 and fruits

and fruits

getting ready for a night out

92 points barrel score

revealing its complexity and depth

with just enough barrel polish to add texture without weight

Zind-Humbrecht, Riesling Brand Alsace Grand Cru, 1992 (375ml) Matthiasson Fall 2024 and fruitsA mature half bottle of Riesling from Brand, the warm granite Grand Cru above Turckheim whose name ("the burned slope") hints at the heat it traps. Granite gives Brand Riesling a firm, mineral backbone, and more than three decades in bottle have layered toast, petrol, and dried citrus complexity over that frame. This is what patient cellaring does to great Riesling. From Zind Humbrecht, the biodynamic benchmark estate of Olivier Humbrecht, France's