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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.1 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dsamuel on 1/20/2024 flawed bottle: Sadly bottle mildly oxidized and definitely diminished the pleasure (274 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 4/12/2023 & rated 95 points: Assorted riesling at D Cuisine (Chicago, IL): Showing incredibly well, and one of my favourite wines tonight. Clean, light, and minerally, without the modern weight of CSH. It's racy and lean, but not lacking in complexity. Some lime zest and the generous acids give this a freshness that belies its 31 years. Delicate and delicious. (1591 views) | | | Tasted by ricknat1 on 12/2/2017 & rated 94 points: this vintage surprised me, young, full of life, classic petrol and long finish (2453 views) | | | Tasted by esh44 on 12/2/2017: Drinking really well and held its own alongside the '90. Well balanced with that citrusy/petrol-y goodness and firm density. (2862 views) | | | Tasted by dpolivy on 8/11/2017: Vindredi (White Burgundy and California Chardonnay) (Bellevue, WA): Honey, petrol, flowers, and mineral spice. Fruit on the body is lovely and still fresh; pear, apple, and some peach. Plenty of acid to keep it nicely balanced. Really nice treat! (2960 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 4/18/2015 & rated 96 points: concentrated petrol nose. very pretty. (3715 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 9/6/2014 & rated 93 points: Petrol nose. A bit sweeter next day golden. (3652 views) | | | Tasted by jhngo on 5/29/2014 & rated 90 points: Deep golden color. Minerally petrol. A bit clean and lean on palate. Maybe time opens it up? (2451 views) | | | Tasted by dsamuel on 9/15/2013 & rated 98 points: Alsace tasting at home - I found this a near perfect wine, and an amazing experience. Clear gold color in glass. Wonderful citrus/mineral nose with moderate diesel aromas, extremely complex. Tastes/ aromas are so complex that its really difficult to describe. Bone dry finish. This is just an amazing expression of wine, group was in complete agreement. (2833 views) | | | Tasted by gfactor on 9/12/2013 & rated 91 points: Diesel w/ light floral notes, nice acid, fairly good structure for age w/ diminishing fruit! Lemon predominantly (2686 views) | | | Tasted by liber on 3/15/2013 & rated 93 points: Last of 8 bottles with consistently good notes but for pre and penultimate bottles. This was right back on form, lightish bright yellow, classy nose with petrol whiff and hall-mark chalky minerality (cf Mittelbergheim's Brandluft lieu-dit) and flowers, lightish on palate but nice balance and freshness, complex and persistent, fully mature and towards end of life I suspect for an offish vintage. Fine plus (18/20). (1776 views) | | | Tasted by rSyver on 2/5/2011 & rated 89 points: Light golden colour, watery edge. Very sceptical when opening the bottle - the cork had a serious layer of mold and the top 1 cm of the cork was starting to go into pieces.
Opening the bottle I was quickly relaxed - clean and clear scents; flint/minerals, hot stones, hints of apple/pear and a touch of apricots/peaches. Nice fruit, not enormous and a solid acid still. Bone dry and a good long finish. 92 is not the finest year for St. Hune (or Alsace in general), but given the age this was nice. No need to wait any more, and I think it should be drunk over the short term. (2585 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 11/24/2006 & rated 93 points: Dallas Offline with Winetex (Amici's in Carrollton, TX): WIML93,NOWA,WS93
Tasted November 24, 2006 at an offline. Opened and served immediately in a Spiegelau Authentis Weiss Wein glass. Light yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Light petrol aromas that quickly blew off giving way to some aromas of peaches, orange blossoms and acacia flowers. Flavors of peaches and light citrus notes over a minerally base. Good balance. Drink over the short term. (4685 views) | | | Tasted by Winetex on 11/24/2006 & rated 92 points: Quite fine aged Alsatian with petrol aromas and flavors that gave way to peaches and citrus. Drinking very well and probably time to drink up. (3728 views) |
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Vintage Tastings, Tasting of the Year, Part II (8/17/2012)
(Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (8/7/2012)
(Trimbach, Clos Ste Hune Riesling Alsace White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, Mar-12, IWC Issue #10200 (3/1/2012)
(Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2008, Issue #18, Maison F. E. Trimbach Alsace’s Finest Traditionalist
(Riesling Clos Ste. Hune- Maison Trimbach) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, Clos Ste. Hune Vertical at Tse Yang, Dinner in Vegas and a 2002 Blind Aussie Recap (11/7/2005)
(Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, Paris a la Mode with Dr. Desai (9/19/2005)
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View From the Cellar, Bonus Articles, The House of Trimbach (Originally May 1998, updated December 2003)
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U.S. Importer for stat sheets, etc.Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Clos Ste. HuneA note on the Terroir by James E. Wilson (1998, University of California Press, Berkeley). You may want to consult pp 94-100 for color figures making the geology easier to comprehend. A copy of this seminal book should be part of every serious wine amateur's library!
...The Upper and Middle Triassic strata contain dolomites [magnesium-calcium phosphates] interbedded anhydrite [anhydrous calcium sulfate] and gypsiferous clays [derived from calcium sulfate]. [comment -- soils derived from these minerals would be expected to have an acidic reaction]; the hard dolomites would help form the low hills of this terrain; They also contribute to the pebbly texture of the soil. The Lower Triassic is made up of sandstones and shales, with conglomerates and overall stratigraphic sequences, few classic caprock and slope landforms develop; rather the typical features are low, rounded hills. In addition to the alluvial fans, there are some Quaternary sheet washes of pebbles and sands from the Vosges mixed with the calcareous sandy/clay soils. ....the Ribeauville Fault Bundle opens up southward at St.-Hippolyte and continues [southward] to the Fecht fan delta at Colmar. The area contains a large numbe--more than a third--of the Grands Crus of Alsace. The detail of the geologic map [..... brings] out the patchwork nature of the faulting.
The cross-section of the sub-Vosgian Hills illustrates how the step faulting lowers successvely younger strata into place toward the Rhine fault. The fault blocks are between 100 and 150 acres (40-60 ha) in size. Coming through [like a] vivid patchwork, the dominant [.....] Triassic, [...] Jurassic, and [ ...] Oligocene [demonstrate] the sequence of the step-faulting.
Beginning with the tiny Kanzlerberg terroir at Bergheim, six Grands Crus are located in the [...] Triassic zone: Osterberg, Kirchberg, Geisberg, Rosacker, and Schoenenbourg, Clos-Ste.-Hune, andthough not a Grand Cru, is also on Triassic soils. [note--while Trimbach's Clos Ste.-Hune is not an AOC Alsace Grand Cru, there is little doubt that this wine could be so labelled if the Trinbachs chose to participate in the Grand Cru scheme.]jht
A write-up on this vineyard by Rare Wine Co's Manny Berk--ed. by jht
The Trimbach family’s tiny 3-acre Clos Ste. Hune .......... The Clos lies within the Rosacker grand cru. Yet, the Trimbachs label [the wines{ simply as Clos Ste. Hune, just as they have since 1919. They refer to neither Rosacker nor grand cru [..].
A Unique Terroir. Arguably the most perfect place in France to grow Riesling, Clos Ste. Hune stands apart from Alsace’s other top Riesling vineyards, which rely on steep slopes and heat-retaining granite or schist soil to bring their fruit to full ripeness. In contrast, Clos Ste. Hune’s 40-year-old vines are planted in cool, calcareous- clay soil with a gentle incline and a high percentage of limestone.
So, while other famous Alsace Rieslings can sometimes border on heaviness, Clos Ste. Hune balances its enveloping richness with an intense minerality, remarkable finesse and great structure. Thus, like a Raveneau grand cru Chablis, the more it ages, the more profound Clos Ste. Hune becomes.
One Master. Clos Ste. Hune has for more than two centuries [been made by] one of France’s greatest winemaking families. Staunch traditionalists, the Trimbachs reject their neighbors’ recent efforts to make sweeter, lusher wines. They continue to make Clos Ste. Hune as they did in the past: a cool, slow fermentation, a quick racking to remove the wine from the lees, no malolactic fermentation and a short period of aging in neutral wood foudre before bottling early to retain the fruit. The wine is then aged for an incredible five years in bottle before being released.
In [extremely exceptional] years, tiny amounts of Vendange Tardive are made, but they are different from other VT’s. They result not from botrytis but passerillage—dehydration caused by the sap returning to the vine's root system. They boast immense concentration and complexity, but only off-dry levels of residual sugar, as Trimbach vinifies them to be as dry as possible. Like other Clos Ste. Hunes, the VT’s are capable of immortality.
Unrivalled Consistency. But what makes Clos Ste. Hune most extraordinary is its consistency, having established a record of greatness over the last 86 years that is unequaled in Alsace. As Tom Stevenson writes in The Wines of Alsace, "I cannot think of any Alsace Riesling that could match its performance year-in, year-out over a span of, say, 40 vintages. It is the consistency of performance that establishes the greatness of a growth."
Even in average years like 1986, Clos Ste. Hune is stunningly aromatic, complex and capable of long development. Such a track record shows the advantage of this vineyard as a Trimbach monopole..... With only 500 to 600 cases made, and demand far exceeding supply, even current vintages of Clos Ste. Hune can be excruciatingly difficult to find. As for older vintages, these can be impossible [to find].
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comAlsace Vins d'Alsace (Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace)
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