An Oldie but a Goodie-Tasting at Maison Trimbach
Ribeauvillé, France
Tasted Saturday, April 20, 2024 by drwine2001 with 54 views
Flight 1 (8 Notes)
Flight 2 (2 Notes)
Closing
An amazingly informative (not to mention enjoyable!) tasting that focused on recent release Rieslings and provided an outstanding opportunity to explore differences between the various bottlings and vintages.
2021 Trimbach Riesling
France, Alsace
Yellow. Smells like black tea. Medium body. Dry, tart stone fruit and citrus. Simple but refreshingly taut. Very good entry level cuvée.
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2022 Trimbach Riesling Reserve
France, Alsace
Light yellow. Much riper fruit aromas than the straight 2021. Fairly round. Rich, off dry citrus and noticeably low acidity. Pretty exotic and loose for this domain, but the lack of acidity is partly compensated by excellent soil on the finish.
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2021 Trimbach Riesling Sélection Vieilles Vignes
France, Alsace
Yellow. Back to a more classic perfumed aroma after the 2022 Reserve. Dry, yellow peach fruit. Much longer and more layered than the previous 2 wines. Tremendous acidity and outstandingly long, soil-filled finish. I have not always enjoyed this cuvée, but recent vintages have shown steady progress, and this was terrific. Better in 5+ years.
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2020 Trimbach Riesling Alsace Grand Cru Schlossberg
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
Fuller yellow. Subdued stone fruit scents. Rich, round, powerful, and mouth filling. Ripe fruit backed up by excellent acidity and a good lick of soil. More lemony finish. Quiet but very impactful. A big boy that also begs for 5 or more years of cellaring.
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2019 Trimbach Riesling Alsace Grand Cru Brand
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
Slightly deeper yellow than the 2020 Schlossberg. Very aromatic with floral and soil accents. Lighter, leaner feel than the Schlossberg. Just off dry. Flavors of black tea, citrus, and a rush of finishing acidity and stone. Restrained but packed with energy. Wow! I need to get some of this but pray that I’m still alive to enjoy it at its peak. This was apparently the first vintage of Brand produced by Trimbach, and it is an understatement to say that they nailed it. Along with the 2018 Clos Ste. Hune, one of the stars of the tasting.
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2018 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune
France, Alsace
Pale. Subtle petrol. Medium weight but so delicate compared to the 2 Grand Crus we tasted. Expansive and already complex with a seemingly impossible combination of an attack which gives the impression of sweet peach fruit and a long, dry mid-palate and finish with powerful stoniness. Great length and an aftertaste that clings for over 2 minutes. This would be a great wine from any vintage but is even more remarkable coming from such a warm year. In an outstanding range today, nothing rivaled its elegance and breed. This showing suggests that it might eclipse any other warm year Clos Ste. Hune in memory except for the unworldly 1990, which for me remains the all time great exemplar of this wine.
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2017 Trimbach Riesling Frédéric Emile
France, Alsace
Light yellow. Complex nose of herb and tea more than fruit. Medium+ weight with a rich feel, and you can sense a bit of residual sugar despite it being only 2 grams. Perhaps that is because at this point, the scaffolding is provided more by soil than acidity. This is an excellent wine in its own right, bit it suffered mightily following the 2018 Clos Ste. Hune, seeming less focused and snappy in comparison. I understand that the intent was to progress backward through various vintages, but this sequencing put poor Fred at a big disadvantage. I look forward to retasting it without this bias.
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2015 Trimbach Riesling Frédéric Emile
France, Alsace
Yellow. Bright citrus aromatics. Similar weight to the 2017 but richer, more glycerine feel. Another wine that is fairly exotic for Trimbach with a mixture of off dry tropical fruit and citrus, but the fruit is crystal clear and brilliantly focused despite carrying 12 grams of sugar (compared to 2 grams in the 2017). Excellent acidity, a bit of youthful bitterness on the finish. All in all, I find it to be friendlier than Fréderic Emile usually is at this age. I think it will evolve more rapidly than the 2017, but it is still very cellar worthy.
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