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White - Sweet/Dessert
1983 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile Sélection de Grains Nobles
Riesling
- France
- Alsace
Label borrowed from 1990
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 2001
Community Tasting Notes 13
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acyso wrote: 93 points
September 2, 2019 - From half-bottle. For the SGN style, this is extremely dry, and there's just a residual hint of sweetness here. Plenty of acidity and heft, this is a massive wine with incredible amounts of botrytis on the nose and palate. Marmalade, green herbs, and other exotica. The alcohol here does come out on the finish a little bit, but there's so much complexity on this wine I'm willing to overlook that.
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vintage_whine wrote:
November 1, 2018 - Essentially dry, has the weight of SGN ripeness, and sufficient acid to balance the high amount of extract. botrytis shows as slight bitterness at this point. a monster of a wine and in prime shape now
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acyso wrote: 95 points
August 8, 2018 - Trimbach etc. at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. The cork on this was clearly corked, but fortunately the wine itself was not. This was ridiculously light in colour, to the point where we were all slightly suspicious of whether or not this actually had any botrytis in it at all. Smelling and tasting it confirms the presence of botrytis though. And even at this level, this wine is barely sweet -- that hint of sweetness is quite seductive and really draws you in. Again, since this is CFE, it's definitely got that fatter, rounder profile on the palate, but that riesling acidity sneaks up on you on the finish. Fantastic stuff.
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JonnyG Likes this wine: 90 points
June 16, 2016 - A Night of Truly Diverse Wines (Newtown, Sydney): Shy nose of petrol, honey, herbs and grass. Less concentrated than expected, and slightly lacking acidity. Notes of marmalade and ginger but missing some complexity.
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CamWheeler wrote: flawed
July 17, 2015 - A mix of superb and corked wines: Corked.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2014, Issue #49, Recently Tasted German, Austrian and Alsace Wines: A Range of Rieslings (and Friends) from Dry to Dessert(Riesling “Cuvée Frédéric Émile” Sélection des Grains Nobles- Maison Trimbach) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Nov/Dec 2008, Issue #18, Maison F. E. Trimbach Alsace’s Finest Traditionalist(Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Émile “Selections de Grains Nobles”- Trimbach) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1983
- Type White - Sweet/Dessert
- Producer Trimbach
- Varietal Riesling
- Designation Cuvée Frédéric Emile Sélection de Grains Nobles
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Alsace
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Alsace
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 39 (56%)
- Consumed 31 (44%)
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