6 bottles of Grand Cru Brand riesling by Zind-Humbrecht. Perfect condition, stored in controlled private cellar since purchase. A step up in quality from the already excellent 2021 vintage. 2022 is a contrasted vintage that produced great wines on the top vineyards in Alsace. All the wines are expressive and show an unsuspected elegance, resulting from a harmonious combination of minerals, good acidity, ripe tannins, and no residual sweetness where it is not necessary. Definitely worth cellaring but for some also very enjoyable in their youth. 'Producers website' ....palate is clear, juicy and brilliant...concentration, tingling freshness, zesty phenolics and a distinct light-footedness.....'Anne Krebiehl, Vinous' Drinking window 2026-2060 The Brand Grand Cru is located on the steep granitic south, south-east facing hillside just behind the village of Turckheim. As its name suggest (Brand means hot, warm, burning), this Grand Cru is located in a warm micro-climate, but it is actually its soil, capable to heat up under the sun, that is at the origin of the name of this vineyard. The top soil is shallow and the mother rock is close to the surface. Being rich in black mica, it decomposes allowing the roots of the old vines to penetrate deeper in the granite. The black mica also produces a high quality type of clay that accumulate deep into the granite crevasses. This particularity is of great help during the hot and dry periods we get in Alsace in summer but also is a source of interesting minerals. Just like any other Riesling in 2021, the Brand shows a great balance and racy acidity. The fermentation was very long but the wine eventually finished in a very dry style. 'Gentle flinty reduction allows lime zest to peek through. The palate adds tropical allure with slight notions of mango and little fillips of pineapple. The freshness is beautifully balanced and contoured with some pithy bitterness. Structured, trenchant and utterly mouth-watering with just about 4g/l of residual sweetness' Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous.com