Community Tasting Notes 11

• acidqueen wrote: 90 points

  March 19, 2024 - I belatedly found the last bottle of this in my cellar. It was still quite good if past peak. Very dark gold color, almost alarmingly so. It had reduced matchstick notes to start but this dissipated with time in glass. Sweet but not too much so, balanced by light but adequate acid. The flavors were less about fruit and more about brown sugars. We drank this with a Thai pheasant green curry with spice and it really was a good counterpoint to that. This should have been drunk a few years ago but still nice today in the right setting. The dinner combo was perfect.

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• acidqueen wrote: 93 points

  December 24, 2019 - This has improved since the last bottle a couple years ago. Enough acid to balance the light sweetness here. I can see this as a better choice with pre-dinner foie gras than sauternes, and I have previously had this to accompany Roquefort cheese for dessert - another good way to drink this.

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• rlove wrote: 91 points

  December 11, 2019 - Pinot gris with age! Deep gold. Syrupy peach and apricot along ginger and underbrush. Viscous, only slight residual sugar, which is good as the acid isn't there to balance much more. Likely not much upside but this ought to drink well for several more years.
  
  The 13éme génération is a vendange tardive named in honor of the 13th generation of the Trimbach clan from passerillage grapes. It was made only in three years: 2002, 2005, and 2010.

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• acidqueen wrote: 91 points

  December 30, 2017 - Pleasing mildly sweet wine that is just perfect for dessert with cheese. Earthy, with light stone fruit and medium acid. We had this with a salty Roquefort cheese after dinner and it was lovely.

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• Vintomas wrote: 90 points

  February 12, 2017 - Golden colour. Nose with fried apple, other cooked yellow fruit and candied fruit, smoke, bread, and hints of truffle. The palate is semi-sweet and somewhat viscous with a lot of honey notes, some spice, decent acidity, and a long aftertaste. Some mature notes (especially in the nose) but will keep for a long time. 90 p.
  
  The label definitely could have said VT, but no obvious botrytis notes and it wouldn't be a heavyweight VT.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type White
• Producer Trimbach
• Varietal Pinot Gris
• Designation 13ème génération
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Alsace
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Alsace

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• In Cellars 40 (56%)
• Consumed 31 (44%)

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