Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Rangen Grand Cru Wine Sponge Edition No.1 2020 Alsace (1.5L, 15%)

A single-cask Gewurztraminer from Domaine Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace, made from the 2020 harvest of the Grand Cru Rangen vineyard and bottled at 15% vol in 150cl magnums. Only 124 were filled. The pressed juice went into an ex-Port Charlotte cask, the same one that had matured Whisky Sponge Edition No 4, and fermented naturally in the Domaine's cave. Because the wine was made in the barrel rather than simply finished in it, the cask plays a deeper part in the result. It is bone dry, powerful and well structured, with a distinctly charismatic character.