Technical presentation
| Bottling : | January 2025 |
|---|---|
| Acquired alcohol : | 12.6 ° |
| Residual sugar : | Less than 0.5 g/l |
| Total acidity : | 3.7 g/l H2SO4 (5.7 g/l Tartrique) |
| pH : | 3.25 |
| Yield : | 51 hl/ha |
| Optimum tasting : | 2026-2040+ |
| Average age of vines : | Vineyard planted in 1983 |
| Grape variety : | Pinot Gris |
| Terroir : | Clos Jebsal |
| Sweetness index : | 1 |
| Soil : | Grey marls and gypsum (Keuper), South facing, Very steep slope |
Description of the wine Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal 2023
Clos Jebsal is the only place in Turckheim named after its geology. Jebsal means "gypsum". This small Clos of 1.29 ha, created by Léonard Humbrecht in the early 1980s, rests on an early Trias limestone substrate (Keuper) rich in gypsum. The soil is deep and there is a large presence of clay (blue in colour) between the gypsum layers. Facing south, on a steep slope, it is an early and sunny terroir, but whose cold and deep soil has the capacity to slow down ripening and allows the grapes to maintain a beautiful balance. Since 2020, this terroir has been harvested with healthy grapes. The advancement of the harvest date makes the development of noble rot very difficult. The 2023 vintage, like the previous ones, was therefore picked healthy to obtain, after a vigorous fermentation, a great dry wine.
Tasting notes
01/2025: Pale golden yellow colour. The nose reveals a beautiful aromatic display of white fruits (pear, peach, but also quince) characteristic of a good physiological maturity that is found in many wines of this vintage. On the palate, the wine is enveloping, intense, with an average power but offers a surprising persistence, and above all an unusual acidity and freshness for this grape variety. The finish is long, gripping, elegant, without heaviness. It is a very dry wine with a moderate alcoholic power, but with disconcerting ease.
The Clos Jebsal of Turckheim
The wines from Clos Jebsal are discreet in their youth, often marked with flinty or smoky aromas. The expression of fruit linked to the concentration by botrytis is coaxed out with some time in bottle