Zind-Humbrecht Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain Grand Cru Riesling 2014

Professional Ratings

• 97 James Suckling
  A fabulous 2014 with amazing aromas of spices, light cheese and walnuts. Full body, dried lemons, limes, stones and saltiness. Pumice as well and a layered, velvety texture. A joy to taste. Made from biodynamically grown grapes. Drink now.
• 96 Wine Enthusiast
  What to mention first? A hint of mossy earth, chamomile tisane, Cox Orange Pippin apples or lemon zest? All of these aromas dance on the nose. They are still totally shy on the taut, dry and concentrated palate. For now, it is mossy citrus that is most aromatic while rich fruit still needs to unfurl. This strikes a note of utter purity, of something soaring and bright. Right now this is totally brisk, invigorating and refreshing but its true colors won't show for some time. Drink 2020–2035.
• 94 Wine & Spirits
  A muscular riesling from the volcanic soils of Rangen, this is golden in color and in its super-concentrated flavors of peach. There’s salty warmth to the wine’s distinctive minerality, captured here in a youthfully powerful wine that feels graceful and elegant. It finishes with cool, clean purity of fruit. The relatively high elevation (1,150 to 1,475 feet above sea level) and proximity to the Vosges Mountains makes this a late-ripening site, while the steep, south-facing slope facilitates that slow ripening. It’s a pretty glorious 2014.
• 92 Wine Spectator
  An aromatic, elegant version, featuring gingersnap and spice accents to the flavors of poached peach and pear fruit, orchard blossom, smoke and saline. Lithe and focused by firm acidity, with a lingering, racy finish. Drink now through 2024.