2006 Riesling, Clos Häuserer, Domaine Zind Humbrecht

As cool as a cucumber, Clos Hauserer's limestone-rich soils make it one of Olivier's most minerally wines. The nose brims with chalky floral notes and limey purity while the palate shows such linearity, such 'droiteur', with only 15 grams/litre of residual sugar. Clos Häuserer is one of Olivier’s less well-known vineyards, lying in the shadow of Grand Cru Hengst near Turckheim. Yet it’s perhaps this very fact that has imbued the wine with an unassuming profile; something not lost on the locals, with whom it has become a hit apparently. This is a dry wine for earlier drinking till 2016, with plaice ideally.
(David Berry Green - BBR Buyer)