2022 Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Brand Grand Cru Alsace 6pk 6x750ml

Domaine Zind-Humbrecht is among the best-known producers in Alsace, with a winegrowing lineage stretching back to 1620. The domaine was created in 1959 when Leonard Humbrecht married Genevieve Zind, and today it's run by Olivier Humbrecht — the first Frenchman to qualify as Master of Wine. Forty hectares of estate vineyards, farmed biodynamically since the early days, with yields held to 30-40 hectoliters per hectare. That level of rigor is the entire house in one number.

The Brand Grand Cru is rooted in granite — the kind of soil that gives Riesling its most electric, mineral-driven expression. Alsace Grand Cru sites are the region's crown jewels, classified for their singular terroir and the precision they bring to the glass. This is Riesling at its most transparent: a direct line from rock to fruit to finish.

The 2022 vintage delivers flinty notes giving way to white raspberry, citrus zest, and savory minerality. Stone fruit aromas meet staggering minerality on the palate — grapefruit zest on the finish, crisp and radiant with invigorating length. The wine is tightly wound, elegant, mineral-driven, and built to cellar.

James Suckling gave it 99 points and called it "a great masterpiece of finesse," noting the breathtaking stone fruit aromas married to overwhelming elegance and a deep well of minerality at the almost endless finish. This is the kind of Riesling that makes you rethink what the grape can do.