January 12, 2024 - Opened at Caprice in HK for the Jean Trimbach x Egon Muller Celebration Dinner by the winemakers themselves. Slow-oxed since 3pm and poured at around 9:30.
This wasn't quite on the same level as the 2016 served next to it - unfortunately more forward than we had hoped and slightly oxidative. This seems to be a recurring issue with some of the other Clos Ste Hunes that I've had.
That being said, there's still great juice here. Perhaps just not quite the best example of what this wine can be tonight.
January 21, 2023 - The 50 Big Bash (Harry's NYC): Fresh and young and lovely but very primary still. Give it more time.
December 22, 2022 - Xmas 2022; 12/20/2022-12/27/2022 (Matt and Marta’s): Pulled the cork a couple of hours before serving. Light in colour and no signs of early aging. Quite a full and round version,ripe orchard fruits of peach and nectarine, the acidity is there, but less pronounced than other crisper vintages, a really long finish. A very good wine but a slightly atypical vintage of CSH
April 24, 2022 - No notes taken. This showed fairly closed at first and only with time and a lot of swirling more aromas came forward. This is a dense Riesling with a lot of flesh on the bone but it didn‘t show very complex or precise. Maybe with an additional 10 years in the cellar, this might change. The impeccable structure witha a high and round acidity should certainly allow for extended ageing. 90/91 pts.
April 20, 2022 - Early dinner gathering (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Still showing pale color which is not surprising. Beautifully mature nose displaying concentrated white and yellow fruit, lemon curd, lemon oil, pear, strong petrol, lanoline, honeysuckle, smoke, white pepper and limestone. Excellent concentration, finely layered concentrated rich white fruit, generous and oily yet but also good focus and energy, medium acidity, strong mineral and a long concentrated white fruit driven finish with lanoline and limestone at the end. As usual, despite the rich concentrated fruit, the finish is unbelievably dry. The style of Clos St Hune is always unique. I find some similarity with Cotat Sanceres. Really enjoyable.
April 8, 2022 - Tasted blind. White peach, stone fruit and a splash of citrus juice, a bit of wax or petrol. A fine layer of smoke permeates the bouquet. Starting off a bit muted, this did open up beautifully with some aeration, releasing more bee wax aromas. Invigoratingly crisp with great tension leading into a long and fresh finish. Full bodied and powerful. I would say this is an expertly crafted, complex and versatile Riesling. However, I still struggle with the Alsace style of Riesling and find they offer only limited pleasure.
September 8, 2020 - Sampled at Oinoscent, courtesy of a customer.
The nose shows medium intensity, very smokey, flinty, the fruit lies in the back, citrus, lime, grapefruit, a few rubbery notes.
In the palate, the wine shows strength, high acidity, petrol, flint, medium to full body. Since it's my first time trying this wine, I don't really know what to expect here, but the wine seems bloody awsome to me. Some said tired, some young, it was so weird. I'm definately on the fresh side, maybe it needs more time to open up.
The bottle was open almost 2hr before I tasted it. For me it is almost green, it tastes younger than it smells, ends with a very long finish.
After 4hr, you get a few honey notes. citrus amd apricot jam, beeswax but still around a very dense lime core.
Outstanding quality. Damn!!!!
August 15, 2020 - Bought from Jean at Trimbach, so no storage issues! Tiny bit disappointing in the context of what a bottle of CSH can be. Totally fine dry riesling, but I've had at least a dozen CFEs that I've enjoyed more. I think the biggest let down is probably the lack of precision. I expect a wine like this to be etched on my palate. This...more of a number 2 pencil.
June 25, 2020 - Petrol and grapefruit on the nose with some apple cider oxidation notes. The palate is lean and a little flat, I believe this wine is prematurely oxidized.
June 24, 2020 - Very rich body, lighter oily texture that you get from beautifully aged riesling, bright acidity that accompanied by high pitch minerality. A very beautiful enjoyable wine right now albeit I think the drinking window may be narrower than others indicated here. My bottle was a tiny little more advanced than I expected. This is my first bottle of the pack.