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White - Off-dry
1989 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune Vendanges Tardives
Riesling
- France
- Alsace
Community Tasting Notes 49
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Peech Likes this wine: 93 points
October 1, 2023 - served about 3 hours after opening. Good ripeness here but the wine wasn't really sweet on the palate. Acidity was still here, but the wine was just more mature. Classic petrol on the nose. Drinking pretty well.
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acyso wrote: 90 points
April 12, 2023 - Assorted riesling at D Cuisine (Chicago, IL): Showing kind of flat and not as exciting as my previous experiences with this wine. It got better with air, but the nose was a little unclean and showing a lot of earthy elements. The weight is correct but the palate's complexity just isn't there either. Far overshadowed by the brilliant 1990 CFE VT.
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SimonG wrote: flawed
October 26, 2022 - Lunch at La Trompette (Medlar, London): Half. Shagged.
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liber Likes this wine: 92 points
October 20, 2022 - Last of 6, pnp, stained cork but perfect level, better showing than last bottle in 2017, old gold colour but very much alive and most layered yet, even a strong whiff of youthful kerosene, at last I found the right food match (pork in a rich piquant sauce), where the weight and slight sweetness worked well, downside from here but no rush. F (17.5).......my reservations remain, not so much on the inherent quality of the wine, but on the style and knowing when to drink it as it really does not work with most food pairings, and it's too big and dare I say clumsy to work by itself as an aperitif, give me a decent Mosel any day!
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fclarity wrote: 93 points
July 31, 2022 - Tasted blind, this wine had a gold center and clear rims. It was somewhere in between a Sauterne and a Spatlese. Not super heavy with botrytis, it was rich with firm acidity.
While certainly interesting and enjoyable, I did not find enough complexity here to get me excited. I don't think this will be getting any better so drink ASAP.1 person found this helpful Comment
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/23/2020 (link)(Trimbach, Clos Ste Hune Riesling Vendanges Tardives Alsace White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2018, Issue #77, Recently-Tasted Alsace Wines(Riesling “Clos Ste. Hune” Vendanges Tardive- Maison Trimbach) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
8/7/2012 (link)(Trimbach, Clos Ste Hune Riesling Vendanges Tardives Alsace White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/22/2010 (link)(Trimbach, Clos Ste Hune Riesling Vendange Tardive Alsace White) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Nov/Dec 2008, Issue #18, Maison F. E. Trimbach Alsace’s Finest Traditionalist(Riesling Clos Ste. Hune “Vendanges Tardives”- Maison Trimbach) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/20/2008 (link)(Trimbach, Clos Ste Hune Riesling Vendange Tardive Alsace White) Subscribe to see review text.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
Clos Ste. Hune Vertical at Tse Yang, Dinner in Vegas and a 2002 Blind Aussie Recap, 11/7/2005(Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune Vendages Tardives (Late Harvest)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Bonus Articles, The House of Trimbach (Originally May 1998, updated December 2003)(Riesling Clos Ste. Hune Vendanges Tardives- Trimbach) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1989
- Type White - Off-dry
- Producer Trimbach
- Varietal Riesling
- Designation Vendanges Tardives
- Vineyard Clos Ste. Hune
- Country France
- Region Alsace
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Alsace
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 5 (1%)
- In Cellars 562 (68%)
- Consumed 260 (31%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 11 votes
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