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2008 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
1/20/2024 - Argrath wrote: 88 Points
Mature, almost oxid nose. Dried orchard fruit, honey, hay. Spice and some petrol hints.
Dry, austere palate. Very high acidity. Grapefruit sourness. And at the same time very mature with dried fruit and honey.
Very good quality, but too advanced. Perhaps a hint of premox?
Based on this bottle I would not cellar this further.
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2012 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
1/20/2024 - Argrath wrote: 92 Points
(Blind tasting)
Full and powerful nose. Ripe apple and rubber petrol. Very pure and clean. Minerally touch. Almost perfume-like.
Medium-fullish palate. Very balanced and with high acidity. Spicy and austere palate which is good. Very good concentration. Apple, pear and rubber petrol. Good length. Very classic, very Alsace Riesling.
Think this is in a very good drinking window, but would not hold on to it.
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1955 Château La Mission Haut-Brion
1/7/2024 - Argrath wrote: 98 Points
Developed, verging on mature, nose. Full, rich and very complex, hedonistic, nose. So extremely typical, left-bank Bordeaux. Cedar, gravel, smoke, tobacco and ripe (but not dried) black currant. Unbelievable! Complex notes of savoury herbs. But also minerally ink and mature notes of nuts. So noble, so impressive.
Medium-fullish palate. Very, very elegant, balanced and smooth plate. Very Péssac, very (Mission) Haut-Brion. Smoke, tobacco and gravel in the foreground, ripe black fruit in the background. So complete, so impressive.
Stored in a very, very cold, natural cellar since the 60's, this bottle emerged in impressive form. This is why Bordeaux has the legendary status it has in the wine world.
The best old wine I have tasted, in some competition with 1978 Chateau Latour. Based on this experience and most of the tasting notes here on cellartracker, this wine can probably be drunk with enjoyment for decades ahead.
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