Rangen Grand Cru

The 22.13 hectares Rangen vineyard is the most southerly of Alsace’s Grand Crus and is situated overlooking the village of Thann. The soil is volcanic rock and sedimentary sandstone and the 90% incline hillside vineyard is fully south facing. Pinot Gris is the most planted grape variety here, but Riesling, Gewurztraminer and a tiny bit of Muscat is also found. The wines from here are distinguished by a strong saline minerality – which some would refer to as ‘smoky’ and redolent of ‘gunpowder’ – from the volcanic soil and immense concentration, structure, depth, and complexity, along with a unique mineralised, almost salty, acidity.  Within the Rangen vineyard we find Clos Saint Urbain, which is a monopole of Domaine Zind-Humbrecht. We offer an excellent Gewurtztraminer from Zind-Humbrecht.