My last bottle, unfortunately this showed deep bronze in colour, and while it didn't taste oxidized, it was definitely poxed in some way. It was a shell of what is should have been.
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Dinner at D Cuisine (Chicago, IL): Second time having this (and to be clear, not the 375eme bottling). This drinks more like a modern white label than a CFE -- it is minerally, taut, and lean, with a bit less breadth and instead more mineral concentration and intensity. High acid and for my palate, in a very, very good spot for mature, dry riesling.
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This was a controversial wine. Delicious complex wine for the first 15-20 minutes that begins to show a musty corkiness thereafter. 1st 15 minutes: medium gold color. Dried apricot and petrol bouquet. On the palate, rich texture and cleansing acidity. Long aftertaste. Right in its prime. After 15 minutes: A musty corkiness dominates and begins to blot out all other flavors. Tasted this with 8 others. Some picked up this flaw initially, to a small degree, though I did not. The owner of this bottle stated he had purchased several bottles of this wine and experienced the problem in some bottles but not all. It’s a crap shoot.
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From 75cl, same reliable provenance as the bottle noted on 26.12.2016, good cork this time, opened 1 hour. Almost linear from the petrol, sour apple and super-ripe lemon led scent, through the skinny, lithe-lemony entry to the last echo from the final tingling drop. My 4th bottle since 2011—although its contents smelled and tasted just fine, they were a little disappointing. Not faulty in any way, just less concentrated, less intense, less thrilling, less complex than e.g. the great bottle I recorded here on 06.09.2022. 89-90P
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Golden orange colour, definitely showing age. Candied orange, honeysuckle and just a whiff of petrol on a complex nose. Palate is quite lean at the start but honey and candied orange comes through. Big structure supporting a beautifully aging wine.
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Part of Cuvée Frédéric Emile vertical 2023-04-19: Somewhat golden in color. Medium+ intensity. On the nose, honey, saffron, and some herbs. The taste includes honey, saffron, and red apples with a medium finish. Not as rich as the 1998 and 2002.
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A very serious bottle of Riesling. Starts out with a huge amount of petroleum and gunflint - buckle up. Three hours later and we were no where near finding the ceiling. Just kept getting more delineated and fresher as we went along. Very good!
Remarkably light yellow. An “Alsace greatest hits” nose-light fusel, stone fruit, and black tea. Medium weight, excellent feel, dry, low pitched peach, lots of soil, and fantastic acidity. Still not fully mature. Like the Energizer bunny, this vintage just keeps going and going and going… I will really miss this wine when I finally run out of my stash. One of the most classic and long lived Frédéric Emiles, a real wonder.
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Deep gold in color, quite dark. Nose is mostly tertiary, with some citrus and grilled pineapple along with the petrol notes. Leaner in body than the Pichler we had next to it and higher acid too. Good length. Nice bottle.
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French road trip, mainly Rhône valley; 9/4/2022-9/18/2022: From 75cl, fine cork, P+P in a restaurant high up in the Alsace mountains, continued to improve dramatically over 2 hours - would have been better decanted. Cider apple, old oak, fields of aromatic green herbs (marjoram?) and - duh - petrol-mature Riesling scent. Initially very slender, the entry expanded with air, as did the mid-palate, which initially showed an almost tannic grip, but loosened up into a rich, complex, ripely acidic bed of joy after about an hour. Don’t rush this lovely wine; it’s fully mature, but has many tricks up its sleeve if you’re patient. 92-93P
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Good medium hay color, what a beautiful nose, light Riesling fruit, not really petrol but a savory, oily, spicy, dried herbal note; the wine shows its 20+ years, but still has a freshness, the steely austerity that was dominant when released has softened and rounded to show the underlying fruit, excellent mildly tart acidity, an apricot pit note of minerality. Well stored bottles should drink well for many years to come.
Dinner with the wine group (Zazie's, San Francisco): Golden; aromatic, complex florals, white fruit, some ginger spice; palate is dry, medium bodied, fantastic concentration of dry extract, mouthwatering acidity, excellent flavor; medium-long finish. Really classic Alsatian Riesling still a bit young! 93
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A White Wine Dinner in Celebration of Crab (San Francisco): Full yellow. Expressive peach. Dry, dense, glycerine, and full bodied. This has really rounded out impressively. A bigger, fleshier wine than its stablemate (Clos Ste. Hune), and this has hurtled toward maturity more quickly than the other wine. Both were wonderful tonight.
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Bottle looks to be in great shape, very good fill, served PnP then followed over 4 hrs out of Zalto Universals. Cork soaked half through, otherwise in fine shape.
Color is bright gold- looks beautiful. Nose immediately reveals that this is into the middle/late-developed stage of life. Aromas are of yellow peach, yellow flowers, cider, spearmint (!), some petrol, but with a soft indistinctness, a bit of fuzziness, that comes with a wine that's past its best. Acidity is medium in the mouth, quite dry, bruised yellow apples and some oxidation. Finish is on the short side, kind of one dimensional.
I must say, I'm a little disappointed by how developed this bottle is- too much for my tastes. I had a 1989 CFE in 2019 that was mindblowingly delicious, so I know how good these can be. This one was ok, but far from great. Reading notes seems to show that these older Frederic Emiles can be hit or miss, and this one shows that. It's a shame because outwardly this bottle looked perfect.
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Probably my last bottle of a case: still amazing to watch it emerge from the bottle medium straw colored and within seconds of pooling in the bottom of a glass turn a full medium gold color; just as lively and complex as the bottle enjoyed a couple years ago; apricot, wild flowers, mango and the petrol of TDN all held together with perfect levels of acidity. Great wine!
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Some have found some premox in these, I had one rather advanced bottle, but others have been great, and this continues the trend. Light brassy color, grapefruit and lemon, touch of petrol, loads of river rocks. Long, minerally, fine. A-
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Absolutely perfect bottle considering the age. I was surprised how well this held up. Beautiful citrus, green apple, saline, with chalky minerality. Had it blind with friends most said Alsace but younger.
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Miles better than the magnum I opened earlier this year. In its prime, sinewy, muscular; dry, acidic precision, depth and complexity showing with some air exposure. Good dry Riesling - mature - recalls something of good Chablis, though rounder. Very good, what you'd expect from this vigneron in this year. Magnum decanted into four 375s and drunk sequentially over about 8 days.
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PNP at cellar temp. Nice but feels past its peak. Medium gold in color, and still with some cut to keep it fresh but feels a little tired. Drink up based on this bottle. B+/A-
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Drunk along with the 375 anniversary bottling Decanted and drunk over a few hours, a couple glasses worth left for the next day. Similar maturing golden color. It's fresher and more lifted on the nose with oyster shell, florals, and citrus more than other fruit. Laser sharp, bone dry, and toothsome on the palate, yet it manages to make a clean rather than broad cut across the palate. Stony, multifaceted, and deep, yet lifted and fresh. It is like drinking like mineral water or what I could imagine licking rocks in a cold mountain stream would be like This has a weightless feel that belies its impressive structure and depth. Mouthwatering, stony, almost waxy in its density, yet diamond etched. These beautiful contrasts all coalesce into a greater whole. Finishes clean yet incredibly long. Power with focus. Drinking at early peak. A STGT wine for sure. While the 375 Anniversary bottling has more breadth and richness, this has more detail, harmony, and a Zen sense of effortless beautify. This wine speaks to me. Fantastic. 95
Its an aside, it did lose some of the lift, but gained a little (relative) richness the second day.
From magnum, decanted into 375s and imbibed over the course of several days. This wine is snoozy and dull out of the bottle. After about an hour in the glass, when it wakes up, it's a great, mature Riesling, with complexity, depth and very fine acidic precision. Flavors are towards the citrusy - no surprise - with hints of grapefruit. In the mouth, a fine layer of powdered rock, some minerals, a touch of salinity, a hint of soapiness in the texture (sounds gross but, in white wine, often an attractive characteristic). Everything travels along a single, fine rail of fresh, delicious acidity. Bone dry but stopping short of oxidation. One of the best of my numerous FE 2001 bottles.
This seems like the ultimate evolution of a fine Riesling wine, the essence, once all of the buffering primary fruit, RS, and glycerol is fully resolved - I've observed fine Australian Riesling to follow a similar pattern, although Austrian Rieslings seem to travel a different evolutionary path. Suzanne Vega's "Undertow" kept running through my mind: "... I would leave only bones and teeth, we could see what was underneath ..." What's underneath in this wine is pretty interesting.
Caveat - wine from the decanted 375s, once the small bottle is broached, bears up under overnight storage, but only just. I would assess this to near the end of its plateau and plan to drink up my remaining magnums in relatively short order.
Deep golden yellow. A bit viscous texture. Nose of raisins, marzipan, linzer torte, dried apricots, dried pineapple. This is drinking a bit older than past bottles. Pleasant and intriguing, but not the pure pleasure that I expect from a 20 year old CFE. A bit tart, which cuts across the dried fruit profile, but not much complexity and a short finish.
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Sunday hangout (Chicago, IL): A fantastic bottle of this -- so youthful and fresh, and classic at the same time. This has more cut than I would find in most CFEs, and as such makes it amply more enjoyable. Nonetheless, there is a rich array of botrytis-inflected golden fruits (especially apricots) that shows prominently on the nose and on the palate. Just a hint sweet and while I sometimes complain that this wine is too heavy and alcoholic, this iteration feels anything but.
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Nose > Big, aromatic, complex. Tons of fruit. Tart apricot/ripe apricot, mineralized ripe & tart yellow stone fruit, hint of dried apricot. Fresh sea breeze with hints of smoky, roasted yellow orchard fruit, lime cream, ripe peach skin/peach & a touch of marzipan. Palate > Huge fruit; big minerality. Tart apricot, lime zest, hints of ginger & lavender. Tons of fresh fruit, with hints of honeyed apricot/tart apricot interwoven. Gorgeous fruit & complexity. Fruit carries all the way through, & turns more lime/citrus on finish. Med+ intensity. Great balance. Excellent acidity. A Thoroughbred. Rather amazingly young & fresh. (93+)
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Wow. Golden but bright color. Nose of guava, ripe peach, mineral notes in the back. Rich and dense. Palate is bright, light citrus, Meyer lemons, long and dense, with a delicious dollop of sweet citrus right before the fresh zesty finish...
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A bottomless, hauntingly beautiful nose of oyster shell, florals, citrus more than orchard fruit, and kaffir lime. It's laser sharp and bone dry, and brilliantly detailed on the palate. Multifacted and incredibly complex, with a level of harmony and clarity here that drinks like fresh mineral water. Geologically more than fruit driven with outstanding cut that is beautifully balanced to its extract, with everything coming across weightless yet powerful. An effortless, harmonious, fantastic wine drinking at peak. One of the best bottles of this I have had. Gorgeous.
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Very pretty nose of almonds, spices, orange, citrus, and a hint of peach. Refreshing acidity with notes of lemon oil, stone fruit, orange peel, and grapefruit on the palate. Long finish. This is probably drinking at peak right now.
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Disappointing. Not oxidized, not obviously corked, but very meh. I ended up sharing my girlfriend’s CLos du Bois, which tells you all you need to know.
Sometimes very mild TCA steals a wine’s flavor and aroma, without grossly tainting it ... so perhaps that.
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Nez évolué sur les fleurs, le citron vert, les épices, la pierre chaude, la cire, trait végétal La bouche envoie, beaucoup de puissance, avec une tension bien enrobée. Comme souvent avec cette cuvée, j'apprécie cet équilibre qui conjugue à merveille droiture et richesse. Grosse grosse finale, fraîche, complexe avec de fins amers ! Quelle rémanence ! Là est le gouffre par rapport au 2000 !
Très, très beau vin. Gros problème c'était la dernière, il ne reste plus qu'à attendre les millésimes plus récents ou à repartir à la chasse.
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Medium gold. Bright, mineral, high acid. Lots of petrol to start, although this dissipates as it opens. Apricot and honey. As mentioned in my 375ème version review of a few days ago, this was brighter but less rich than the 375ème and I preferred this one, but if not tasted side by side I would not likely have thought this one “less rich”. A really wonderful wine with years ahead of it.
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Abby's Birthday BYO: I have always loved this wine - it was lovely today too. The nose showed beautiful drifts of white peach, apples and a little touch of honey and sweet florals, all traced with just a hint of minerality. Very nice. The palate was a bit more developed than the last few bottles I had, more honeyed, more rounded, stone fruited peaches and nectarines, less of the limey, citrus notes. They were still there, but now less prominent and more integrated into the body of the wine. Great balance and definition too, with a sinewy acidity and minerality pulling away into a long, detailed finish. Lovely stuff.
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Oyster shell, kaffir lime, lemon zest, and subtle white flowers on the nose. On the palate, it's laser sharp, lean, and detailed with bright acidity perfectly balanced against its extract and density so that it comes across completely harmonious. Chiseled and structured: this is more about acid and soil than fruit. Like licking stones wrapped in kaffir lime leaves. A cerebral wine drinking beautifully with plenty of time in hand. Terrific.
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Le nez est intense et complexe sur de un mélange de notes florales, minérales/fumées. Le fruit est présent en arrière plan. L'aération amène de subtiles notes truffées. C'est superbe et on y revient sans cesse avec toujours de nouvelles sensations. L'attaque est puissante, volumineuse, impactante. Elle prend rapidement de l'allonge pour proposer un profil plus élancé, sans rien perdre en intensité. La texture riche est bien équilibrée par la fraîcheur. Finale intense, explosive, d'une persistance incroyable. On se passe et se repasse la langue sur les gencives pour en profiter encore et encore. Superbe !
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While looking for something else discovered a lone forgotten half bottle. I wasn’t excited, as almost all of the 375 mls I had of this were oxidized. I thought I had drunk all up. Well, I’m glad I hadn’t - steely, stony, studly! Full and minerally, crisp and fine. Great showing, and was fine next night as well. A- for a half bottle!!
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Better than the last bottle. Mature nose of peteol, flowers, wax, honey, minerals. Medium+ complexity but not as grand and crisp as my favotite German GGs.
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Some petrol on the nose - also peach/apricot, spice and a sharp/bitter flavor like stone-fruit pit. Big and sharp on the palate with serious acid and some citrus, very bitter and young. Finish is serious with excellent and big crisp acid. Matt thought this was awkward, but I disagree. Definitely needs 10 years at least. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5+/6, Finish - 4.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-16.5+/20 (with 16-17/20 potential)
Not exactly "blind tasted" as I knew we were tasting the 2000 and this one side by side (with Xavier94): light golden color expected of a wine this age; profuse nose of dried apricot, ginger, bruised fruit and grilled pineapple followed by a spell of TDN dominating. I regretted using the term "oil can" , as for a full five minutes it had me feeling like I was at the car service station waiting for them to finish an oil change! Mercifully, those notes backed off and spring flowers and the tropical notes returned along with some nuttiness and some herbal character. Very lively wine which changed a lot in the glass. A bit of a wild ride, this was preferred by all over the 2000. This showed more development of the two.
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Truly Grand Vin performance; well-layered and complex with very vivid peach and pineapple type fruits over intense flinty minerality, spring flowers, honeyed ginger and spice. Shows a touch of caramel-inflected development on the nose which adds dimension and provides a perception of slight sweetness. Firm, taught, long and complex and still developing!
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Going strong as it approaches 18 years. Enticing lemon peel, spice, and pool toy on the nose. Palate has taken on some richness, with ripe citrus fruit, medium alcohol, and bracing medium-plus acidity. Most notable is the long finish. Drinking well now but with years ahead of it.
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I found two forgotten bottles of this Jahrgang in the crawl space spaces. This bottle showed the best so far of the case I bought: the wine has rendered down from its plumpish-feeling, well-buffered adolescence into a crystalline, acid-edged, ravishing beauty. Who knew this version of the wine lay, latent and furled, within the oily, petrolly substance of years prior. And completely fresh. Lesson learned - the rule of 15 applies to CFE; make that 18 in good years. A great wine, classic for the label.
Now, what to do with the magnums?
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Lime, oyster shell ,and florals on the nose. One the palate this is laser sharp and deep, very deep. There is great cut, more oyster shell, kaffir lime, and a tactile weight to it, yet simultaneously crystal clear and impossibly fresh. Mouthwatering, laser sharp, and akin to drinking mineral water in tis freshness. Lightness coupled with impact. There is power and a tactile impact that it seems it should be broad, yet it's diamond cut precision cuts like knife, clean and deep. That statement likely makes little sense, but it's the best I can say it now. Power without weight. Finishes laser sharp yet simultaneously long and leaving you wanting more. A rock lover's wine. Wonderful now with decades to go. Terrific. 95
Chateau Latour - 30 year vertical (1983-2010) tasted blind (Switzerland): Nose of bee wax, flowers, some nuttiness too. on the ripe side, first time I am drinking this wine. Is this the house style or was this an off bottle as it lacked the freshness that I am used to from the German Rieslings. Probably not a representative bottle as the 2004 I drank a few days after was clean with bright acidity. NR
01 Alsace and 11 Red Burgundy for work crowd (Home): Mid straw. Quite a rich, oily texture, moderate viscosity. Surprisingly exotic on the nose alongside the usual kerosine notes. Whilst rich on the attack this is cut through with lime and shows quite dry on the mid-palate and finish. Long. Just a quick tasting sip, so probably underscored. ****
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My 4th bottle of 6, in 375ml format. This 17 yr old Riesling is lovely medium gold in color. Lemon drops, green apple, petroleum, and chalk on the nose. Echoed in the palate. Rich in texture, with intense acidity that provides perfect balance and a long and dramatically refreshing finish. Delicious now, but amazingly can continue to drink well through 2020+ or so.
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An attractive but very tart Riesling, with yellow "cape gooseberry" on the nose alongside lime, ginger, hints of lemon custard. Petrol in the background. Quite lifted and firm on the palate (I can see why Dr. Wine loves this...) -- the fruit is just shy of ripe. Endless palate with a mineral core. Torn between 92 and 93. 92+
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3/3. Cork 75% soaked. Pale/medium gold. Nose shows keroseney mineral, very ripe apple, mango. Oily rag, hint of creaminess. Palate is medium bodied, quite broad and oily texture with ripe apple and mango again, a creamy edge, vibrant acids and then lime on the long finish. Drinking well, certainky mature but no obvious need to hurry unduly.
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Medium yellow. Petrol, herbs, and lime. Medium density and weight but tremendous penetration and punch due to acidity which bores deep into every crevice of the mouth. Great extract, dry stone fruit and citrus. Wow, after taking the better part of 15 years to get going, this wine is really beginning to strut its stuff. I can easily see it lasting 30 years. Fantastic showing.
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Fresh, crisp, nice mineral element. Very enjoyable, unfortunately I keep trying this next to a wine that bests it, which this evening was a 2001 Prager Bodenstien. But still very nice. A-
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IBBS @ Trompette (La Trompette, London): Worryingly dark colour. Reasonably classic nose, more kerosine than lime juice. Start off reasonably well but drops off a cliff — not mid palate or finish. No discernible oxidised TCA, but distinctly underwhelming. Decent enough out of context. ***
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Medium yellow-to be sure, this no longer looks like baby Riesling. Some secondary fusel notes too, but mostly citrus, stone fruit, and tea. Great density and drive, completely dry, incredible back end acidity and soil. No hint of oxidation whatsoever. Having tasted this 3 times over the past year, I am now pretty confident in saying that after stubbornly refusing to evolve over its first 15 years, this wine has finally rounded the corner and entered the zone of maturity. While the plateau is usually long and any decline gentle, I will be keeping a close eye on my remaining bottles over the next few years to avoid complacency and try to enjoy them at their peak.
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From 375ml bottle. I have 3 remaining. See TN from last year. Opened up after 30-60 mins or so. Tart green fruit, unmistakably Riesling, with some petroleum notes peaking through. A little flabby and short on the finish until about 30 mins in the glass, then the wine woke up and came alive. Nice, crisp finish, with a flint-like chalkiness to it. Very nice with sushi.
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Light golden color. Crisp, fresh,long lasting dry taste of Granny Smith apples, pears and along with a hint of honey. Wonderful wine with no hurry to drink more.
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Whole Fish Night with Whites (It's Greek to Me, Mpls): Light medium gold color. Drank a small glass over 20 minutes. This had warmed up a bit when i got it at the end of the night, but it was still outstanding. There was a good bit of petrol on the nose and palate - maybe more so with the temp, but nothing bothersome for me. Apple, fusil, nectarine, spiced pear, medium full bodied and layered, discreet minerality and focus. I love these Freddie's when they hit 15+ years. 92+ to 93pts.
I keep bouncing between trying bottles of the '00 and the '01 but apparently haven't posted on this wine: much more evolved in color (golden) than previous bottles; on opening the nose was iffy with volatile organics and a mean mineral spirits sort of thing; after ten minutes that let up to show the classic TDN (petrol thing) along with pitted orchard fruits and earthy minerality. The acid structure helped deliver some further citrus complexity while still allowing a certain "thickness" and viscosity to carry the day. drwine and Mrbuzz seem to have a handle on the glories of what this wine is showing right now. Many people find the Alsatian rieslings to be too stern and unwelcoming. If it's an acquired taste, glad I acquired it! (as well as this wine)!
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Golden yellow. Initially a sulfurous and slightly sweet, stewed nose. After 20 or 30 minutes, this dissipated and left a sweet, clean nose with a hint of petrol. Candied lemon zest, lemon grass, hay, peach and kumquat undertones. A longish finish. A touch alcoholic, but not hot.
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Medium yellow. Exciting mature Riesling nose-petrol, peach, and distilled spirits. Full bodied, completely dry and glycerine. Fresh dried peach, tremendous acidity and soil. Powerful, persistent finish. Dry extract coats the palate and refuses to go away after swallowing this. Wow, the best of over 15 bottles I've had of this; maybe it is finally entering full maturity. Fantastic showing.
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2001 TRIMBACH CUVEE FREDERIC EMILE ALSACE RIESLING- this was a fabulous wine with such an inviting perfume of fresh cut flowers and citrus fruit; the taste had more specific honeyed, spicy lemon oil with a touch of minerality ; it was beautifully balanced and just a bit sweet but not too much; one of my favs of the 8 Rieslings in this tasting.
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I've had tremendous luck with these 01's...ALL have been in perfect form with no signs of ox or decline what so ever. My last bottle was near perfection for me, and prompted me to go out and find more since that was the last of the stash. This is the first bottle of the current stash...and so far SO good! Shimmering gold and green color...slight petrol(less than the last bottle), ripe orchard fruit, lime blossom florals, crushed rock nose. Sublime nose! What a creamy mouth coat on the palate! Savory salt stone bowl of fresh fruits...peach, melon, apple...little tropical pineapple and banana wax...alive citrus attack, well balanced to a polish...crushed limestone chalk and nuanced petrol adds to the fascinating complexity. Not as vibrant as the last bottle, more polish and cream here...but still a WOW wine for me!
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3 years since we tried this last ( Papies 90) and pretty much felt the same. Petrolly nose, light caramel feel, firm on the palate good acidity but also a touch of sweetness. Well round and polished on the acidity and this is something that it has improved since 3 years ago looking at our notes. Drink now. 91
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Lemon zest, kaffir lime, petrol, oyster shells, subtle florals, and, to steal a term from Jeremy, a ton of of geologic matter. Powerful, yet at the same time it is finely detailed with huge cut, rapier acidity, and great freshness. Very lean, but with enough density and depth that is comes across as chiseled rather than austere. This is deep, mineral/ and acid driven wine where the fruit takes a distant back seat and is mostly citrus pith/ lemon citrus driven. A terrific rock head's dream. Great and still youthful. Mouthwatering.
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Deep yellow, the darkest I've seen in any of these bottles. Incredibly, still quite primary Riesling aromas of black tea and stone fruit without any petrol. Medium weight and density. It took a few minutes to get going, but then, bam! A melange of peach and candied ginger with superb acidity and stone. Dry but definitely not austere, very long finish. While the color might give one pause about continuing to hold this wine, it belies the energy in the mouth and lack of secondary aromatic development. There was no oxidation at all in this bottle.
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Nice wine. Dry, and very Trimbach in style, showing a bit of viscosity and minerals. It was a bit overpowered by the 2 ZH wines that were next to it. But I enjoyed it and think it is a very good first wine of the evening. A-
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I'm a Riesling fan, and this is about as good as I've had the varietal. So much going on. Petrol, sweetness, crystalinity, salinity. A shape shifter and such a dynamic wine. Delicious and thought provoking. Walks the tight rope between sweet and dry. A real pleasure. Guessing will hold here from some time.
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Like other notes, the cork was not in good shape - disintegrating at the bottom - just barely got it out in one piece. The wine is doing well though. Strong petrol nose with Meyer lemon peeking through on open. After 30 mins, the petrol has disappated and beautiful honey lemon predominates. On the palate some Meyer lemon, some quince, a bit of bitter lemon pith and salinity on a long finish.
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From 75cl, leaky shrunken cork which fell into bottle while I was trying to clean the congealed gunk off the top. Despite panic decant with the filthy cork rattling around in the bottle, this was in excellent condition. Wonderful petrol-tinged mature Riesling scent; bright ripe green apple acidity leavens the big-bodied, creamy textured entry and gains right through to the long finish. Fabulous wine, this bottle at full maturity today. (92-)93P
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From a half-bottle. Seems to be heading a little downhill from this half-bottle, but then the cork wasn't in tip top shape. The aromas are a little muddled which detracts from the pleasure. That being said, aromas of mostly petrol, pumpkin, caramel and peach greet me on the nose. On the palate, a still present acidity leads the attack with the same aromas as on the nose and with a very good length. Still a good wine, but at this point, I'd focus more on standard bottles and avoid half-bottles which ripen earlier. 89
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Just about ready I'd say. Opened and poured - improved in the glass through dinner. Some initial smokey petrol with the citrus fruit. Still refreshing acidity with green apples and minerals but not searingly dry - some complexity rounding out the palate nicely. Real depth to the flavour and coiled energy Long finish. Feels complete in the mouth
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Very delicious, tart green apple and slate. Opened up after an hour in the bottle. Lemon, green apple, and slate/chalk. Finish is long and energetic. Quite good.
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Wow, so happy that I drank this with Tiff alongside our Thai coconut shrimp dish (and included some of it in the dish itself), this ’01 was singing for sure, classic reisling profile but with just a hint - unlike German reisling - of sweetness (especially on the pnp), and this thing had some soaring acidity, it was mouth puckering, tiffany was right when she said “tart apples” on the first sip but after 30 minutes or so it became mouth puckering, young (even though somewhat dark in color) and lemony lemony lemony, and no petrol per se but maybe i missed it
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Nice bottle and a good showing. 12.5% and not as lusty as some Alsatian Riesling, which I appreciated. I might have expected a tad more complexity, but this was still quite good.
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Killer bottle and drinking very well right now..... I'm feeling like there's still some time on these but may also want to drink up sooner rather than later.
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Lovely golden color. Nose is singing: peach skin, petrol and soap flakes. Elegant and pure on the palate with wonderful secondary notes. Ripe but not at all sweet. Leaves a very positive impression. My last of 6 and just perfect now. (93)
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Belle couleur or brillant, limpide, très lourd, larmes grosses, fréquentes et lentes. 12.5°. Nez ultra complexe de pamplemousse, mandarine, ananas, litchi, abricot et citron. Fond léger d'hydrocarbures. Extraordinaire élégance avec une fraicheur remarquable. Bouche gourmande sur un mélange d'agrumes et de fruits tropicaux. Abricot apparaissant avec les litchis en milieu de bouche. Enorme complexité en bouche et élégance incomparable. Finale sur les zestes de citron et le pétrole, fine et élégante. Remarquable longueur avec une décroissance lente et régulière. Une Vendange Tardive de la Cuvée Frédéric Emile qui nous donne le meilleur du cépage. Trimbach reste une référence en riesling ! 15 ans, pas une ride, et une complexité rare. Rendez-vous pour les 20 ans !
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An Evening at the Rock Pile-Trimbach Riesling and de Montille Volnay Taillepieds (San Francisco): Yellow. Wonderful scents of ripe orange, herbs, and a twist of yellow flowers. Much denser and less airy than the 2007 Clos Ste. Hune. Ripe orange and tangerine, barely off dry, long soil finish, excellent acidity although lower in comparison to the CSH. This still has years or decades of development ahead. Outstanding.
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Deep golden and rich honeydew on the nose. Very rich on the palate but still with enough acidity to balance it. Held up the whole evening with not a real drop-off. Should hold at this level for a few more years.
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A wine of striking contrasts and equally striking harmony. It is powerful yet elegant, beautiful transparent, lithe yet dense. This has tremendous clarity, huge cut, great tension, and with density that comes across with a sense of effortless power. This has huge mineral. rocks and the fruit is complimentary but secondary. Kaffir lime, green apple, and lemon zest coupled with of a ton of acid, that is buffered by its great level of concentration. It's crystal clear, fresh, clean, and pure. Bottomless. A wine that blends into a whole rather than a bunch of parts.. This is entering a fantastic peak where I suspect it will stay for a very long time. The best bottle of this I have had. Fantastic CFE. 95pts
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Had quite low expectations on this wine - seems to be a lot of negative statements regarding Trimbach around at the moment. Also a quite disappointing display by Clos St Hune 2009 a few weeks back didn't change my preconception. Clean nose without any petroleum or other chemical scents. Ripe and rich fruit. Very fresh, and with lively acidity, for beeing such an old wine.
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From a half-bottle. Nice gold colour with evident viscosity. On the nose... Wow! I don't drink Riesling often, but every time I do, I fall in love with the bouquet of a nice mature Riesling. Aromas of peach, petrol, apple, lime, pumpkin. It smells sweet like a desert wine. On the palate, the wine is perfectly dry, with a nice continuation of the aromas found on the nose. Crystal clear with a good acidity and a decent length. Good wine. I really should drink Riesling more often.
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Surprisingly clean bottle from this too often under-achieving producer. Petrol, mineral, chestnuts, hints of honey, plus lime-zest & dried stone fruit aromas. Smooth mouthfeel, embedded high acidity, good enough fruit, medium length. A nice surprise, drinking well now.
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Tasted in a vertical of this wine (2001, 2004, 2005). This wine showed moderate Alsatian spice notes, lingering behind slight petroleum notes and lemon/lime fruit. The acidity is less apparent, although certainly ample, leading into a long, lemon-honey-petroleum finish. Drink now through 2018+. Very nice.
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I was a little worried at first, smelled great, but poured a clean light gold and seemed to darken towards bronze within minutes. But neither nose or palate showed oxidation- clean bright apple fruit framed with citrus on the nose, on the palate more lemon with some pit fruit notes. A little petrol develops over the meal, long with a tangy mineral finish. Excellent showing (I looked to make sure I hadn't accidentally opened a 375eme Anniversary bottle). A-/B+
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This is a little lighter and more elegant than some recent vintages, its almost completely dry with wafts of honey, apricot, citrus and spices, ready and will likely develop more complexity with time.
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Didn't get to spend a lot of time with this one, but it was a classic dry Alsace reisling, with citrus, mainly lemon, notes and minerality predominating, but it was the great intensity and concentration that took this to the next level. Lovely golden straw colour as well. Still tastes young, but certainly excellent now (A-).
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A very welcoming nose of sweet fruits and chestnuts, reminds me that not enough bottles of Riesling are given time to age and develop. Freshness still abounds after 14 years. A lovely drink.
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2001: A Wine Odyssey — Berserker Offline @ The Palace (The Palace Steakhouse, SF): Summary: The lesser sibling to Trimbach’s legendary Clos Ste Hune, Cuvee “Freddy" has a reputation as one of the purest varietal expressions in Alsace. The vineyards are the Grand Crus of Geisberg and Osterberg, right in Trimbach’s home town of Ribeauville. Marl-limestone-sandstone soil and steep southern exposure provide conventionally good conditions for great Riesling (unlike the full-limestone soil of Clos Ste Hune). Because the grapes are sourced from two different Grands Crus, Trimbach cannot label CFE as GC, even if they wanted to (which they don’t).
Rich and pleasantly brioche-y out of the bottle, with air this develops into seriously focused, pure, un-botrytized Alsace Riesling. Phenomenally high acidity with elegant varietal character.
Score: Around 9.
Visual: Clear, day-bright. Light gold with reflections of yellow and straw. Moderate-plus concentration. No gas or sediment. Diminished tears.
Nose: Clean, moderate plus intensity nose. Notes of baked green apple, with emphasis on “baked” - some brioche / autolytic notes (possible lees stirring?). Warm stone. Faint lime pith note. As this opened up, some lemon (confected) and slight petrol/pool-toy (TDN) emerged. Notable (though not especially surprising) is the absence of any hints of botrytis in a Grand Cru bottling of such ripeness. This may be stylistic (the Osterberg and Geisberg GC vineyards are steep, with good winds that stave off rot). Also 2001 was cooler and more classical than the exceptional 2000 - perhaps it wasn’t a vintage conducive to botrytis. Overall still youthful with some signs of development, especially towards the end of the evening (the brioche aromas blew off a bit, revealing more varietal character underneath). This wine has some complexity already, but will develop even more with age.
Palate: Dry (<3g RS, possibly bone dry), medium bodied with moderate alcohol ~12.5%? [yes—12.5%]. More baked apple yeastiness mid-palate, with some citrus tones and hints of warm stones. No phenolic bitterness. Solidly high acid (very clean, balancing tart malic with strong tartaric character). Phenomenally balanced in a classic dry riesling style. The finish is moderately long, with balanced fruit, secondaries, and acidity all the way.
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Trelio with the fellas (Clovis Ca.): Had alongside the 07 Clos St Hune which it bested, and was my wotn! As soon as I tasted it in a water glass at the hotel…I knew it was something special! Amazingly fresh, minerals galore….peach, apple, creamy melon, tropical pineapple fruit…..wonderful clean petrol, chalky limestone, salty sea air….SO fresh with squeeze of lemon and lime acidity, savory, perfect balance. Reminded me of a Raveneau/Chapoutier Ermitage blend. Amazing right now!
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Medium yellow. Black tea, herbs, and distilled spirit tones. Medium weight, not as solid as a Pichler Riesling the other night. Dry, dry, dry-did I mention no residual sugar? Papaya and grapefruit are the predominant fruit impressions, but these take a back seat to massive acidity and the reduction of soil and minerality that defines the finish. It is hard to get this one out of your mouth, not that I was in any rush to do so. Sometimes a wine strikes a chord since it perfectly exemplifies its type; this is one of those wines-an essence of dry Alsatian Riesling. Built for lovers of structure and acidity, it filled me with wonder that this actually is a product of grapes. I have no doubt that many would find this too austere, and I am similarly confident that good bottles will last forever.
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Let open for 30 minutes. Drunk cool, not cold. Golden yellow, dusty, musty nose, that blew off after a bit yielding to sweet petrol, oysters. Leads with petrol and candied lemon zest. Follows with green apples, and ever so slightly saline. This wine is drinking perfectly (in 1/2 bottle).
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Darker than the Keller hinting at gold. Petrol and lacquer mixed with pears and white flowers combine to form a beautiful, complex nose. Powerful yet light - again solid acid backbone that is a perfect marriage with the choucroute. Wonderful. (93)
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Yellow center, yellow to pale rim. Fairly classic Riesling nose, petrol, citrus, wet slate, touch of grease, some bready notes. Neutral in the palate (not sweet or dry up front), some petrol and almond, unripe green plums, toasted bread, citrus, good acidity in the middle, the finish shows age. Not a great success for me, lacks fruit on the palate, but has the acidity to last a while longer. Maybe it is in a closed stage, or needs to be open even longer.
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Still on the young side. While there is terrific pedigree here, the wine really never full opened. While the color was gorgeous, both the bouquet and palate were a bit muted. Day two, the wine had only opened a tad bit more. Based on the notes of others, this may have been an off bottle.
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NR. Seemed flawed upon opening, but many hours later, it had recovered and filled in to being "okay." Jury remains out. Still too young? Slight petrol on the nose, with a hint of sweetness. Incredibly tart green apple on the palate. Will wait 2+ yrs to open the next one.
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The perfume of this was much stronger than the 2002. The initial palate also a bit more forward, though the age is evident. Lots of petrol, orange peel, honeysuckle, kaffir lime, lemon curd, the faintest hint of darjeeling. Nice unctuous mouthfeel, complex aged and candied citrus akin to marmalade and lemon curd, with a darjeeling/delicate oolong back palate rounding things off. There is still acidity here, but it's starting to fade and the finish is a bit short. Best to drink up, but a very enjoyable drink it is.
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Bright, pale/medium gold. Nose is attractive, mature, aromatic - ripe apple, mango, minerally, plenty of freshness to this still. Medium bodied, dry, ripe apple, some kerosene coming through, oily texture, tropical fruits, broadens out to an extended creamy, yet fresh and minerally finish. Excellent and drinking beautifully. Held up quite well on night 2 too.
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Bright mid gold colour. Gorgeous nose. Lots of precise minerality with some almost tropical fruit characters with hints of marmalade. Big, open palate. Bone dry with a searing minerality. Feels slightly more advanced than I'd expected, with some clearly mature character in the mouth. As well as the minerality and a firm acidity, there is some good, slightly honeyed orchard fruits. Absolutely enormous length.
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Medium yellow. Black tea. Not as dense as it has been, really the first time it has shown a bit more airiness. Dry, powerful, bracing acidity and fantastic minerality, but at the same time, some tenderness that has not been there previously. Absolutely classic, still very fresh. This bottle wanted to make me shout "Hallelujah!"; after drinking a case of this, this is the first time I've gotten the sense that it has turned the corner toward maturity. Fortunately, I have never experienced the oxidation that others have noted.
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my previous note applies, this seemed to have more "aged" character to it, but not in a detrimental way, very nice, given the drier character i think this works well for those who would turn their nose up (too bad for them) at good German riesling, this wine definitely can be drunk without food, i suspect drinking these now/over next 2-3 years is a good idea
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On the one hand I quite enjoyed this- dry yet with sweet pit fruit flavors, citrus, a touch of petrol. But this was more advanced than I expected, and this particular bottle I'd call fully mature- scary. B+?
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Smoky petrol on nose. Still fresh and vibrant, with a solid backbone of acidity. A bit riper fruit than many Trimbach,- this was advantageous given it's pairing with spicy basil chicken. Delicious stuff, one if my favorite Rieslings if the year.
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Quite advanced, rather buttery and creamy, a little nutty. There's still some cool kiwi/tropical fruit and some backpalate minerality but it's gotten slightly bitter. Drinkable but not correct.
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Best bottle so far. Seems to have come out of its dumb phase. Lovely light gold colour with a beautiful shine to it. Lifted and very lively nose of maturing riesling, aka petrol, sweet ripe yellow plums, some flowers. On the palate much more full bodied than two years ago. Perfect symmetry and balance. This is impossible not to drink. So fresh and lively and at the same time mature.
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Finally an ok bottle! Slightly amber. Good bouquet offering petroleum, marzipan, peaches, citrus, honey and crushed stone. Nice mouthfill, but I would like a bit more acidity and mineral. Nice flavours of apricots, peaches, black tea, and a hint of crushed sea shells and honey. Ok texture, but I would like to have a bit more of a backbone in this wine. A bit fat but still flat. Strange wine, but still quite good.
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Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune & Cuvee Frederic Emile Vertical with James Handford MW (Handford Wines, London): Light gold in colour. Light mineral, light caramel touch, light “petrolly” feel on the nose. Feels young and sharp on the palate and needs time for the acidity to round and get a polished feel. Has a bitter edge on the finish. Light feel of some residual sugar on the palate. Full of promise but a touch unpolished at this stage. 90
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Straw-yellow in colour, hints of petrol, some tart apples, lime, spices. On the palate soft and round, ripe acidity, very long. Drinking well, but no rush. 90-92
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Anita's Fortieth (Rochelle Canteen): Magnum. Very rich on the nose. A touch of vanilla. Dry with lots of grip and extracts very dry and long. Needs time. Lime tang finish. Will be super. ***(*1\2)
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Cole's bday dinner, i thought this was very good, many who had experienced Germain reisling couldn't get it ("no fruit?" "no sweetness?"), i thought it had a great lanolin / rubber raft thing going on alongside the nice minerals and subtle fruit, not sure how another fiver years will do for this wine?
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This bottle tasted ready. Mineral nose with citrus and lemon zest. Yellow colour, great precision, lemon fruit and pith. Rounded with age, this has broadened out since last year.
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Deep yellow color. Fantastic nose with petroleum, citrus and minerality. Unfortunately the acid is no longer there. Short and flat. You can still feel that there is a good structure there but it doesn't help when the backbone acidity is gone. A pity. Had the same wine three months ago and that bottle was alive and kicking.
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The nose is chalky and lime scented, sometimes a little tropical. It's also got the lightest hint of TCA. Quite full of flavour on the entry with really searing acidity and a pithy orange character. Really feels quite flat on the back of the palate and falls away on the finish as the TCA character returns. A shame, it's really good under there.
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Extraordinary wine! Took a while for the nose to develop but after a while it opened up with petroleum, minerals and citrus. A 12 year old wine in full vigor. Fantastic structure and balance. Long finish.
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Tis the Season-Another Wedding Dinner (Range, San Francisco): Magnum (and a beautiful one at that). Light yellow. Surprisingly developed aromatically compared to the last time I had this with a full dose of petrol. Medium weight but great dry extract and intensity, and as before, no shortage of acidity. Like a primordial mix of all that is good in a bone dry Riesling, very difficult to pick out individual fruit elements. Our host opined that paradoxically, this was more open than recent bottles out of smaller formats; on the nose this was true, but by the end of the bottle, this was still pretty tight and relatively closed on the palate. Let's just say that there is still no rush to broach this all time classic.
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Fantastic. My best bottle of six. Some petrol on the nose, blew off quickly. Great balance between citric acidity and richer, lower-toned flavors. Did I mention the balance? My discrete CT scale: 95-extraordinary; 90-very good; 85-good; 80-fair/OK; 75-poor
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Powerful, open, mature nose. Much petroleum with good depth. Typical honey-apple aromas. Nice elegant touch of orange and citrus. This is good if you try to overlook the petrol. Full body, powerful palate, some sturdiness to it. Apples, oranges, spices and petroleum (40% on my petrol scale). Mighty mid-palate, but shorter finish. Now lacking some grip. Tasted blind, our first guess was Alsace Riesling, maybe Deiss. We were pleasantly surprised since Trimbach had dissapointed us a few months earlier. This is good, but too much petrol for our current taste. That is mirrored in the marks...
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Light colour, minerals and slate, taut but refined and sophisticated. Lemon spine with lime trees and some gunpowder and petrol notes. A super wine, with superb tension and not an ounce of fat.
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Condition is way better than earlier bottle, still, I cannot shake off this uncomfortable feeling of premature oxidation. the usual steely backbone is somewhat missing though this is mitigated by a beautiful complexity. would refrain from storing too long
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Very, very good. The nose is spot on - petrol, spice, citrus, ripe, ripe white fruit, minerals, even gunpowder. The nose is so rich it would suggest a medium sweet wine - but the wine is bone dry and well balanced. It improved with air - no hurry to drink but really great now. Very enjoyable.
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Another bottle opened too soon, but better that than too late. This one was tighter than one opened in early 2013, showig a much stonier, more acidic character, with very focused, tart lemony fruit. Overall it was something like to a razor blade studded rock doused in lemon juice! Invigorating if you like that sort of thing.
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Drank my last two 375s over the long weekend. First was well-advanced, the second was slightly maderized. Still a decent tipple, but not what you look for in a CFE. Hope the 750s and 1500s are better long-distance runners.
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PnP. Yellow-golden. Mature mineral driven Riesling nose with kerosene notes behind. Racy harmonious taste, fine acidity, good intensity, long finish. Drink now - 2015. To be enjoyed with food.
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From a 375. Light straw color. Aroma of white fruit, citrus, flowers and a hint of nuts. Starting to round out a bit from what it was 4 or 5 years ago, but still nicely focused tart fruit, acid and minerals. Lingering finish. Alsatian riesling is just so taut, focused and enjoyable. I always like these but seem to reach for white burgs, chablis or Loire. Don't know why I don't pull these from the cellar more often. One more 375 left and I think I'll open it along side a 750 next.
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Another fantastic bottle of this. Equal parts fruit and stone, so vividly mineral, piercingly sharp and acidic yet impeccably balanced with such purity and length.
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Not nearly as good as the last bottle a few months ago, and both were stored under the same fine conditions. This one didn't have the structure -- too soft and flabby. Still enjoyable, but the not the delight the previous one was.
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Pale yellow. Nose of green grapes, candied lemon zest, kiwi, a hint of petrol. First notes of green and yellow fruits -- pears, green apple, some lemon & lime. Green grapes and candied lemons linger. Wine is nice -- still needs time in bottle (and this is was a half bottle).
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Finally a clean bottle of this wine. Last couple bottles were flawed with not a nice note of petrol, but an overwhelming stench of gasoline that rendered it undrinkable. This is lovely though, clean and pure with peach and lemon and some nice secondary notes. Classy stuff.
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Light to medium yellow. Lemon and herbs with a touch of petrol. Fairly light with just a thin veneer of more flesh. Papaya, mouthtwistingly strong acidity and fantastic back end rockiness. An understatement to call this dry. Powerful, classic and still incredibly youthful. This seems to be going the way of the 1979, which is to say nowhere fast. That wine was still going strong at nearly 30 years of age. I've been checking in on bottles every year, but at this point, it makes most sense to give it a break and resume drinking these after 2017 or so.
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The real deal. Laser focus, precise and in control. Big impression on the nose and first sip. Heady petrol, minerality and undertones of stone fruit. We parked a glass for about 90 min and revisited at the end of the meal. Air helped it lighten/loosen a bit and the aroma was meaningfully different. It had almost slipped into a chablis type profile (light citrus/lemon), which surprised me. Very engaging, I'd say hold for at least 3-5yrs, this will get interesting.
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I opened this to check on the condition of a bottle, after reading of less that positive experiences. Well this is indeed a positive experience! Loads of lemons and crushed stones dominate the wine, and the backbone is virtually unyielding. It's delicious in a masochistic way - expressing the innermost depths of riesling's cutting nature. Drink now if you enjoy having cold cutlery run across your chest, or hold if you prefer something a little less adventurous from your wine.
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A sharp sheet of steel and piercing acidity, unapologetically austere and bone dry. Lemon and crushed stone on the nose. Painful acidity on the attack that lingers for minutes. A masterclass in precision. Part enjoyment, part pain, part enjoyable pain. Medium body, bit of creaminess, lemon, pear, and stone. With hours and hours of air, becomes a little more approachable, and slightly less punishing. I usually don't get any joy from CFE as I find it austere just for the sake of it, but this vintage is quite enjoyable, in a bed-of-needles sort of way.
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Was concerned after seeing some comments about premoxed bottles of the '01 CFE, but this bottle is in great shape. Whatever fruit is here is in the background, and it's all about a vividly steely and stony mineral expression with gentler herbal and savoury accents. Fantastic precision, vibrancy and depth, and drinking wonderfully right now.
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From half bottles: the first one was dead, oxidized. The second teetering on the brink. Decent intensity and complexity, a bit of caramel, fairly heavy, viscous texture. Reasonably good with scampi and noodles. Drink up from this format.
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Tasted before purchase. Very long indeed but a bit closed. That evening, opened two bottles at 1830 and drank at 2000. Not a lot of petrol, and the fruit closed in still. I will drink the rest quite soon but i dont think that there is any hurry. Not enormous but a very good drink at £25 for the mature wine
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This bottle was completely ready as soon as the cork came out. The austerity of youth is completely gone, and there is richness and depth in its place. On the undrinkable/drinkable/tasty scale, this is tasty. Will drink my last bottle soon.
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Lovely rich golden colour. Classic petroleum nose. Hint of sweetness but also good acidity. Hint of bitter or dryness on the finish, perhaps coming to end of optimal drinking age?
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From 375. Good color. The nose is a bit reserved; showing aromas of citrus peel, minerals, white flowers and a hint of honey. This is medium light bodied on the palate with very good concentration and excellent class. The fairly long finish features a resounding mineral element and good acid cut.
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Quite backward classic Riesling nose. Pure, quite full, ultra-dry palate. Austere with a sharp acidity. On second thought it is not as powerful as some other Tr CFE we have tasted. But it has some elegance to it. Seems quite young, but doesn't it lack some fruit to grow with further cellaring? Petroleum-wise it was about 20%, which is nice.
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Disappointing. I'm pretty sure there was low-level TCA here. Nose was muted with a little petrol but not much else showing. The wine was drinkable but did not have the intensity of prior bottles. Some mold and blue/gray discoloration on the cork.
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WOTD.....Creamy melon, banana skin, star fruit....totally savory with a bright beem of lemon citrus acidity, and crushed limestone.....razor sharp, yet plushed up nicely with some time and warmth. Killer petrol nose, yet not so much in the mouth....SO well balanced, not a thing out of place. I could haved sipped on this all day!
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I've enjoyed many, many bottles of this wine (and the 2000 vintage) and it keeps going strong. Just a little note to say that I opened a bottle on Wednesday night, sipped a glass while making dinner, stuck some inert gas and a cork in the bottle, put it in the fridge and forgot about it until late Saturday night - at which point it was magnificent - stony minerality and perfectly focused acid, as usual, but an extra dimension had appeared in its compelling, succulent fruit. Wow.
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Pale yellow. Highly aromatic wine with lime, minerals and a touch of petrol. There is a whiff of flower and fruit on the palate. Great focus and finish. Not yet mature but oh so good. We had this blinded side by side with the 2002 and this was the clear winner. In a year or two will do the blind tasting with the 2001 Clos St. Hune and the Fred Emile 375th anniversary wine
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Mr & Mrs Vinosapien visit FV (Falsterbo): What a disappointment! Pretty dirty/murky nose, blue-print old-school Alsace, well developed with kerosene, old barrels and hints of grey rot among ripe grapefruit with some dill and vanilla. Taste is bone-dry and powerful but sadly austere with disturbing bitterness and no focus to the sour acidity. No joy in drinking this wine, and it's totally floored by Bürklin-Wolf's 01 Kalkofen GC and Breuer's 06 Berg Schlossberg. Though we can't find any obvious TCA, something has to be the matter with this particular bottle. Anyway, we gotta admit the Trimbach house style doesn't seem to appeal to us anymore. 2-0 to Germany.
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Another absolutely "wow" bottle of this. Little maturity on the nose. Green papaya, fantastic acidity and minerality, and the essence of dry extract. This is like chewing a solid rather than drinking a wine. This must be as great as the Clos Ste. Hune-or maybe not??
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Dark golden. Nose smells like diesel and honey, mixed in with a field of wild clover, and wet slate. Tastes like you licked the can that was used to put fuel in that 18 wheel Kenworth again, with honey, and wet rocks to wash it back..... In a word, loved it! Still has plenty of life in front of it, but drinking really well right now.
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Leon's Louis Remy Offline (The Medlar, London): Single blind. Tighter and more mineral on the nose. Shows more petrol character with aeration. Righter and more minerally on the palate. Brooding intensity but very precise and with fantastic line. Assume CSH. ****1/2
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Nose was expressive, and typical of a dry Riesling: mostly petrol and lime on a mineral canvas. Medium-light bodied. Palate mirrors the Nose, with lots of petrol, lime, quinine, and mineral flavors; incredible zippy acid, but not tart; great precision; 13% alc. not noticeable; still holding a lot in reserve: this has not yet entered its prime drinking window --- and this is true despite the 2+ days of slow-ox this wine got before it was consumed. This is an exciting and complete wine. Any Riesling lover should be quite pleased to have some of this in their cellar. Although this can be pleasurably consumed now (case in point: tonight), it really should continue to lay in the cellar for a few more years: drink 2015 – 2026 (or beyond?). My WOTN, and probably the group’s #2, based on the comments at the table.
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Still relatively light. Complex aromatics of tea and herbs more than fruit with a dash of fusel. Medium weight, dry, high acid, combination of lemon and green papaya fruit, excellent intensity on the mineral finish. Beautiful and still evolving at a snail's pace.
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TN from day 10. Honestly a bit awkward the first day or so. Bright golden with a beautiful perfumed, stony, green apple, citrus nose. Weightless and simultaneously very deep on the palate. Mouthwatering in nature, a perfectly chiseled and focused wine that in spite of its gem like clarity has a roundness and a creaminess to it. It has enough flesh to beautifully balance its structure. Huge minerality, marzipan, salt, and more rocks. This comes off as completely effortless. I could easily drink a bottle of this. A beautiful wine that is so much better day 10 than on the first day. A Great future. If you open one soon, don't be afraid to open it a week early. Well done! 94 pts
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A private lunch (Brasserie Côté Cour, Colmar): Lovely colour, has deepened a bit; wonderful bouquet of lemon curd, waxy bottle age and spicy minerals, deep, fresh and intense; on the palate beautifully linear, wonderfully energetic, a coiled spring, lip-smacking acidity; outstanding length. A great FE that will easily last another ten years.
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Real golden in colour. Oily petrol on the nose. Floral and fragrant notes as well. Mineral, crisp green apple on the palate. Long finish. Overall clean, crisp And well balanced. There is minimal sweetness to this wine. Drinks well with spicy foods.
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Medium yellow. Petrol and a little rubber, nutty, apple pie aromas. Initially a little dry but after 45 minutes became rather oily, stony and a little sherry on palate. Actually quite enjoyable at the moment.
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I kept wanting to love this wine but never felt the rapture. Yes, it was a rich mineral bath in the mouth, but too tight on the nose (despite copious air time), and the lean, austere, lemon-mineral mouthfeel pretty much dominated the whole experience. Damn shame, too, as I went in with high expectations.
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Out of 375mL. Double decanted for 5 hours and consumed over dinner. When I first decanted the wine the color was a touch advanced but it came to life with air. Really an outstanding showing after having a super tight bottle a year ago (popped and poured).
Lovely nose of creamy lychees with honeysuckle and lanolin. It is in superb balance but also has great slateyness which lets you know how the palate will show. On the mouth, it's razor sharp with reticent fruit which began to develop more with time in the glass. The wine has serious acidity and could likely use another 5 years of bottle age to begin to reach optimal drinking. A fantastic frederic emile.
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A disappointing wine. Looking at the other TNs what am I missing. I've been drinking a number of German dry Rieslings recently and this doesn't fair well in comparison. Petrol and tart lemon on the nose. Good acidity, more lemon and a little grapefruit. Not much complexity. I have a couple more bottles; I wonder if this is a duff one.
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NY/NJ Offline at Ciano (Ciano, NYC): Medium dark gold color. Aromatics of orange peel, sugar, peach and hints of apple on the nose, almost suggestive of a sweet wine though it's completely dry. Smooth, slightly oily mouthfeel, medium high acidity and tons of mineralogy on the finish. Nice stuff.
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From 375, surprisingly deep golden hue, but still youthful and somewhat closed. Almost sweet on opening, it relaxes progressively with air exposure, tantalizing with early hints of Riesling complexity and texture. Some grapefruit, lots of glycerol cushioning still, giving a sensation of richness. A nice bottle with pan-fried sole. The advanced coloration concerns me a bit.
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Typical petroleum nose. Austere and absolutely dry. Closed in the beginning but opened up with air and temperature. Next bottle will be decanted. This wine needs some air to show its best. High class Riesling.
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From 37,5 cl, popped and enjoyed over an hour. Musty, possibly oxidized, cellar/old oak barrel smell (is it flawed or is this intentional? I remember something similar from a lovely 75cl FE 1995 of impeccable provenance...) not letting anything else through on the nose. Entry like a mixture of sharp young bone-dry Mosel, Fino sherry and very very dry oaked Viura, but suddenly this opens up - with a massive crescendo - to a rolling mineral, acidic, mouth-watering, creamy, gorgeous, long... longer... longest finish. I suspect this bottle isn't in prime condition: the nose and entry would only merit 85-6P, but the finish is garganuan, Hollywoodesque, emotional, on the borderline to greatness. This bottle, today? 90P; but I can fully understand the 92-95P ratings other CT TNs have been recording.
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Medium golden color. Lots of petrol on the nose. The color of this wine is deceiving, since the wine itself tastes so young still. Bone dry, lots of acidity and minerals. Flavors of citrus and stone. Will be interesting to see how this opens up after a day in the opened botte. Great wine, and we enjoyed it with a richer dish (pork in pomegranate cream sauce) where the brightness of the wine was a wonderful counterpoint.
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Aerated and decanted for two hours. Tasted with shoulder of pork. Lovely citric aromas, almost sauternes-like botrytis. What follows is a fruited, though slightly, austere palate.
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Concentrated with tons of character, minerality, depth, richness. Palpable mouthweight in a very silky, stoney way. Tremendous acidity but not the least shrill, a very suave palate and a long, gentle finish. Low in alc and low in RS. On the upside with a long ways to go, great bottle.
For the geeks, 12.9% abv, pH 3.1, TA 8.2, RS 5g/l
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Exceeded my (already high) expectations. Golden, potent, stylish with acidity contained to make a fairly ripe finish, but still a long way to go before it reaches the real heights.
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TN: Another Tuesday Supper Club dinner at Christine's. (Christine's): Another lovely showing, though perhaps a bit less effusive and with a little less depth than the last couple of showings. Fresh on the nose and palate with lime flavors and aromas leading the way. Hints of stone fruits along with the omnipresent minerality are along for the ride. The finish is a little shorter than in other bottles I've had and it just seems this bottle is a little shy. A-.
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Deep golden yellow color. Great nose with petrol, citrus and minerals. Concentrated, totally dry with lots minerals, enormous freshness and perfectly balanced acidity. Long aftertaste with almost a slightly creamy finish. An excellent Riesling that just started to bloom. Probably best together with food.
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Michael Whitehead Bon Voyage PDH. Another Rocking bottle! Intense deep golden in color. Dense nose of mineral, petrol, and pineapple. On the palate, really crisp clean lemon/pineapple fruit notes with a long midpalate and a soft, creamy finish. Great stuff.
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Pretty accessible from 375, again citrus (grapefruit and lemon), strong acids, but softened by a ripe apple note and a sense of opulence. Some faint petrol notes, something a little exotic (kaffir lime leaf), but mostly about a nice marriage of fruit and acids. Quite long. A-
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Pop and pour from 375ml, and absolutely crazy tight and acidic right now, with only hints of the fruit which i am sure will come out with more age, air, or both. On this evening it was all acid, rocks, and citrus but scoring higher than that given potential.
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Whoo-dry, lean, lemony and steely. This has really tightened up yet is showing no secondary aromatics yet. Essence of Trimbach. A bottle like this argues strongly for patience and holding for at least a few more years.
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First time since release I have had this. The first night, this seemed a little perturbed I interrupted its adolescent sleep. Hugely bright acid, citrus, and tons of stoniness, great clarity, but a little angst hidden behind its pure, laser sharp flavors. On day three, it was still brilliantly acidic and fresh with even more precision and clarity. Lithe and deft, there is mouthwatering freshness, acidity and stoniness melded with citrus and white flowers, all of this with an almost illogical creaminess that is a great foil to the stoniness and almost razor sharp edges of the first night. For me, this is still way too young for peak enjoyment, and while it is truly outstanding, I think this will be light years better in 10 years. A wine to find and cellar. Beautiful. 91 pts day one, 94pts day three.
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The first from a half case. Dry minerally and lemon scented wine. Lots of one-dimensional minerally lemon fruit. Impressive but very young still. Age should add complexity. Can be drunk but better to hold for a few years.
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Super, laser-like Riesling. Grew with air and became more integrated – after 4 hours, everything was at peak. A great food wine that shows super balance. (93)
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Medium straw, hints of pale gold. Attractive, fairly developed, petrolly nose, with notes of apple, exotic fruit and spice. Medium bodied on the palate, but with a lovely plump, oily texture, intense apple, lime and mango fruit on the mid-palate, notes of petrol and a long, crisp, tangy finish. Excellent.
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Plutôt minéral, un nez assez puissant (fleurs, beurre?), encore pas mal d'acidité mais ça se calme à l'aération. Pas particulièrement subtil, au contraire, un peu monolithique. À ce prix, je suis déçu. À revoir dans 5-6 ans je dirais.
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I think I liked this quite a bit more than anyone else did. Slow-oxed for about an hour or so, than drank over the course of 3 hours. Wonderfully complex nose. The most prominent fruit aromas were lime and kiwi, but I also noticed lemon, honeydew, pear, and maybe green apple, plus lots of other weird stuff -- a bit of clove, some freshly cut grass, lots of rocks. On the palate this is a bit austere and dominated by the acid structure, but there is great intensity to the lime/lemon/kiwi fruit, with loads of minerality. There's an almost powdery texture here, I think the term is dry extract? Great length on the finish. Wonderful with food. I like it now, but I could only see this getting better with more age as the acid softens a bit.
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Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Petrol, honey, vanilla on the nose. Tons of rock and minerals. Slate. So much gas and rubber cement qualities. The palate is high in acid and shows some strong slatey flavors that I love. Really nice. Not sweet. Pear and light spice.
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Welcome Back Kelvin (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Absolutely brilliant stuff. I was very impressed by the last bottle I had, but that felt a bit tight. This was decanted and chilled half-an-hour before dinner, which really gave the wine time to come out and play. Still young for sure, but boy was it ever showing nicely. In true Trimbach fashion, the nose, though attractive, was always subtle, even reserved, with light scents of petrol, green mangoes, sweet green apples, some light honey tones, floral hints, a bit of smoky mineral and seashell and some mushroomy earth. Lovely subtle scents that opened up slowly with time and unfolded one after another in a great show of gentle complexity. However, for all that, it was the palate that really knocked my socks off. It clearly had tons of weight and substance - this much was obvious from the very first sip. However, it was so sublimely balanced that it came across as lithe, supple, almost effortlessly graceful. Here rich flavours of white fruit shading into yellow tones, lovely ripe apples and pears and citrus lime accents were underlined by beautiful minerality. The finish, like every other part of the wine, was impeccable. Gentle, subtle, yet so long, gliding away with a graceful show of fruit and a bittersweet twist of wet stone that hung persistently at the back of the mouth. Paired with some fried appetisers, the wine took on yet another dimension, showing just a teasing touch of fruitiness around the mid-palate. This was restrained but brilliant; super complex but subtle. Yet for all this, one got a feel that we were only peeking at the wine's potential greatness. A great wine from a great vintage, I can only imagine how good it will be in 10 years' time. The first of three lovely white wines on show, this really started off the dinner with a bang.
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Very well structured and balanced immediately. Complexly structured with minerals , lime, schist , green apples, fennel, hints of mangoes. finish a bit fino-ish. Lovely dry finish. Very mineral! Excellent balance. This wine has built on quite a bit of complexity. I think this will gp for another 10 years at least.
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This was something else. Super layered, great complexity, loaded with lavender and honeysuckle. Overwhelmingly floral. Beautiful texture. Rich and smoky on the palate.
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(from a half) Celery, peach fuzz, apricot, lime, clean laundry, and just a touch of Alsatian Band-Aids. Nice chalky minerally wine with a pretty Alsatian nose. Nice leesy corn finish at the end of the glass. Second half bottle was far more malic green apple.
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Had this in magnum at a tasting with Jean Trimbach. Very balanced and precise, The nose was enticing and sweeter than the wine itself...candied lemons. The taste was of lemon and limestone. It was still showing very young.
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Mostly tasty wines with Christine's shabu shabu. (Christine's): Wow! This is the best showing of this wine to date. It’s showing younger and fresher than a number of other bottles I’ve had, with brilliant pear and citrus fruit that’s abundant and rather exuberant. The mineral is there in spades, but what makes this showing so brilliant is the tsunami like persistence across the palate. The wine just seems to grow and grow and then lasts endlessly. Still young, but the integration and balance of this bottle is wonderful. Low A.
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Clos Vougeot Dinner (Lavandou): Young young too young. Was almost hard to enjoy. Massive structure, heavy slate stone, petrol, edgy and angular. Didn't mellow much. Bury for at least 5 years.
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This one's all about precision. Very primary right now with steely and stony mineral notes wrapped around a core of pear and white fruited flavours, but there's tremendous acidity and focus to the flavours and it feels incredibly young and precise. Certainly very enjoyable right now, but it gives the sense that there's so much in reserve and my impression is that it'll be a lot more fun to open in the future.
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Cellar Raid: Riesling (Extra Space, Singapore): Excellent. Colour was still a youthful green-gold, but the nose was starting to show some lovely complexity. Lots of chalky mineral, earthy mushrooms, almost a little truffly here and there, plenty of deep honey scents, nectar and a healthy dose of petrol. Really attractive, but almost in a serious rather than playful way. Plenty of aged complexity was starting to show on the palate as. Just a little heat at the edges I thought, but this had lovely depth, fine balance and really nice flavours of kumquat, limes and some savoury earth tones, all underlined by a nice streak of stony mineral. This was dry all the way, a world of a difference from the other Alsace Riesling, which was a far fruitier Paul Blanck Furstentum. I think this wine just had that extra edge of precision and definition though. Some may find it a little austere, but it was just starting to integrate and open up nicely, and clearly has the good bones and well-knit flesh of a top vintage. While drinkable now, I would give it 3-4 more years in the bottle to make sure, and I think it will probably go on developing for a long time. Very nice, and would have been even better with a well-paired meal I think.
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Another periodic check in with an old friend. It has not really budged that much over the past few years. Lean, lemony, redolent of herbs and just a tad of secondary petrol. Taut and mouthwatering-I can still taste the minerals coating my tongue a half hour after I swallowed the last drop. Now that is persistence. Continued slow evolution of this outstanding wine.
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Note from memory. Full, "wow" nose of petrol, crisp white fruit and minerality. Palate is medium bodied, awash with minerals and full of tension and verve. Long, effusive finish. Seems to have a long life ahead.
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Very young still and tightly coiled. And yet, the breed and class couldn't be more obvious. Inviting nose of white fruits, citrus, and petrol lead to a middleweight, slightly viscous and strongly mineral palate. The fruit is intense but is held in check on all fronts by the minerals and a streak of acidity. Very dry. Some complexity is just beginning to emerge. I bet this doesn't really hit its stride for another decade, or more. But there's no shame in drinking this while it's on the upswing. Potential can be delicious. My score is conservative for what this may become.
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This is one of those rare wines where you truly feel the geology of the land upon which the vines live (it may not be but I’m just trying to convey a bit of wanky imagery). It is however a wines of superb focus, precision and poise with the most wondrous, retrained aroma of smoky minerals, citrus blossom and slate. In the mouth it is rich yet each of the wine’s elements are in perfect harmony with each other resulting in a drink of near perfect balance. It has great line and superb cut.
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Golden, slight green tone. Big nose, well dev. petrol, apricot, lemon and grapefruit. Smooth, high acid, mabye to high - need to air. Grapefruit bitter finish. Will go with a grilled anglerfish. Edit: Air much needed – all sharp acid gone. Balanced. Now at 92 pionts (from 88).
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Intense urine yellow on the rim... deeply colored. Aromatically quite intense with lime and lemon oil/rind in the foreground, plenty of stoney/chalky minerality, hints of buttered toast, no barrique notes. On the palate dry with wickedly high acidity, minimal phenloics, a firm midpalate, low etoh, no botrytis, no diacetyls. Good balance though a bit hard, average length, excellent intensity, good complexity, excellent finesse, fine but firm texture, great expression of place. This wine is drinking well though certainly has a long future ahead of it... it is excellent for its style though I can see people's hesitation with this wine... it is very hard on the palate.
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From a half bottle. Thanks to Legal Seafood for featuring both the FE and CSH bottlings. 2004 was listed but to our surprise and pleasure 2001 appeared. First bottle was the kind of corked that educated diners and waiters who didn't know from corked. The second bottle was great. Pale yellow green. Aromas of lime, mineral, wet stone, verbena and faint petrol. Bone dry with great, long presence on the palate--reminded me of good homemade preserved lemons. This will be thrilling to taste over the many years of its life.
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Light straw golden color. At first the nose is a bit tight with petrol and stones, but with some air it lets go of a more exciting and fruity profile with notes of white pears, pineapples and white flowers, while never letting go of its mineral-driven backbone. The taste stringent with a striking acidity, yet remains elegant and refined. Some pear and grapefruit on the attack, but the finish is dominated by minerals, primarily wet stones, and a bitter tartness. A bit backward now, but the potential is there for a great wine.
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Vin-forum offline tasting (Norway, Trondheim): Immediately very open, with typical Alsatian characteristics. The fruit shuts a bit down after a while. Very pronounced acidic structure, lots of backbone but little flesh. Very mineral, nice finish.
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Mørk gul, gylden. Tropiske frukter, våt skifer, petroleum på nesen. Fyldig, lang, litt varm finish. Lukket seg nokså raskt og gav lite etter 1 time i glasset.
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(1) Drank with Jason, Leslie, Dennis & Bob. Palate was good (sort of some Lemon Pledge) with an amazingly long, tangy finish. I can’t image Riesling being much better than this.
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An upgrade from a corked Donnhoff. An intense nose of wet slate and limes with hints of something else - what I don't know. Palate is showing a little more age, filling out, still has it's leanness but developing nicely. Great surprise for a Monday with an old friend and chinese at home.
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Tasted in parallell with the 2000. Both wines were aromatically very similar, but the 2001 showed a bit more fruit and fullness. I was a bit disapponted with both wines, it was almost as if they had lost some fruit since last time I tasted them. I am a big fan of Trimbach and have tasted every vintage of the Emile from 1997 to 2004. Perhaps I, or the wines, just had an off-day...or perhaps it is more closed down than I had expected. The 2002 which I had some months ago was totally different with more fruit and forwardness. The elegant nose of Emile was there as usual, and the fresh acidity was there, it was "just" the fruit lacking, and it lead to an austere finish.
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Had it with a thai green curry. Great on it's own and then even better with the food. Drinking now doesn't seem to justify the cost, should let it develop as long as I can wait. Might have to buy more to keep because I doubt I'll be able to resist it. Limey and even slight pineapple taste, that mineral thing happening and perfect accompliment to food. Wasn't as good next night, must drink it all in one go in future.
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Half bottle. Medium yellow. Starts with petrolly high tones but settles down to a fascinating melange of dried peach, citrus, papaya, smoke, herbs, and tea. Full and dry in the mouth with stunning palate presence and coverage. Acidity and soil explode late. This is coming along just fine, thank you.
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Now this is more like it. While still somewhat delicate and austere, there's plenty of flavor interest in a grapefruit/nectarine/yellow plum profile. Good acidity. Gold color, but I think, or at least hope, more complexity will develop in time.
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Great nose. Some petrol and citrus. Thought it could be OTT and rich. Actually it had loads of citrus and complex flavours and a great bust of freshness/acid that did not make it cloying at all. A very fine effort.
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Deep golden color for a wine this young; luscious with lots of complexity that opens up in layers as time goes on, acidity to keep a nice structure and finish that lasts forever...after one bottle, had to buy a case...
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Trimbach Frederic Emile Retrospective--1979 to 2001 (Absinthe Restaurant, San Francisco): Pale. Floral, lime nose at first joined by blood orange, lemon drop, and later on, tea. Medium to light weight, powdery feel due to the acidity and minerality. Lemon fruit, explosive, and incredibly intense. Great potential. The most structured wine in this flight, and one gets the sense it will last forever. It bears a striking resemblance to the 1990 which came later.
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Birthday Dinner for Hannah (Boulette's Larder, San Francisco): Similar light color to the Baumard. Lots of petrol already and completely different green papaya and lime tones. Lean with tremendous minerality. This made the Baumard seem like soda pop in comparison. Classic.
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pale yellow with hints of green, strikes me as relatively unevolved in appearance. Petroleum, citrus and grapefruit on the nose. Pretty intense and razor sharp. A bit too monodimensional for my liking, though doesn't fail to show its breeding. Needs more age?
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Possibly closed down. Slightly funk nose. Saline and honey. Yeasty. Lacked a bit of acidity and energy. Some minerality. Not really as exciting or enjoyable as this should be.
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Medium yellow. Nose now mostly ripe peach with a bit of lemon. This has continued to round out and become fleshier. The acidity and minerality were definitely more subdued compared to the last bottle 6 months ago. Long, full, and dry with a lower tone feel.
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Caroline's bash (Windsor): Pale to mid yellow. Quite tight and mineraly nose with some lime and kerosine. Dense, viscous palate with a hint of vaseline and a mineral and lime, long, finish. Very good indeed and a mere babe. ****
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Petit Bistro Francois Keith -- Gorgeous aromatics of honeyed truffle and classic Alsace petrol. A bit sharp on the palate, in definite need of food to pair. But with food, a real nice wine.
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I liked the wine but after reading John Gilman's glowing review I was hoping for more intensity. Everything is in its right place; medium gold color, nice texture, totally dry, decent acids. But where is the minerality and cut of a fine Riesling from an excellent vintage? I don't think the structure is hiding behind the relative youth. Still, a very nice Riesling, very good for a basic and worth the relatively modest price ($36) but this is the flagship of the house, other than the great Clos St. Hune.
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Pinot Smackdown 2009 (Barrington IL, Wally's house): nose: very interesting that it shows as much smokiness as it does for such a young wine with lots of petrol, lemon peels, and bits of hazelnuts. Great depth on the nose
taste: excellent lighter feel with sharp acidity providing a good spine with tones of smoke, petrol, lemon peels and tart citrus tones. good feel that has a nice roundness to it
overall: seems more advanced then a 01 should be. Excellent depth and purity of flavors with some really nice racy acidity that keeps it together. A very enjoyable alsatian riesling that is really starting to drink
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Denise Annual Wine Fiesta (Duxton Hill): Nice kero showing. A very mineral focused effort with very mineral lithe. Touch of citrus but if not, wet mineral-lined quartz-limestones. An extremely dry wine.
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Tasted alongside the '02, this was the more friendly and open-knit bottle, with a good bit of fruit showing around the firm acidic spine. That said, it was also tight and way too young to be showing much development. Leave it alone for a long time.
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Left Bank MP Mark Cyn et al -- Classic Alsace with searing (yet refreshing) acidity and a touch of petrol. Not a lot of huge fans at the table, but a nice sleek Alsatian nonetheless.
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Wow, this is young but yummy. Clean crisp pears with a dollop of ripe peaches, totally dry but with a impression of sweetness to the fruit. Wet stones, earth, a whiff of petrol. Medium-bodied but with a sense of strength. Good acidity, excellent length. A-/B+ with potential to be a truly great CFE.
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Medium yellow. Petrol and dried peach. Crisp but surprisingly approachable, in fact much more so than when last tasted almost a year ago. Outstanding even now.
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Peach, honey, white flowers, pear, lemon; an intoxicating nose that bloomed with three hours of air. Deep golden yellow. So much fruit that one starts to wonder about RS. A cleansing taste with decent acidity and a stoniness on the finish. Medium bodied. It will be fun to watch this one evolve in the cellar.
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Lovely wine. Oily, petrol on the nose as well as floral and fragrant. On the palate was green appel, good acidity, complex flavours. Very clean and crisp, well balanced.
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lean and stony; pear, faint hachiya persimmon (when it is not quite ripe) and some petrol and floral components; still a bit harsh, esp when it warms up a bit; lots of complexity, great acidity, nice potential
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I had this wine with a brunch entree of lightly cooked eggs, parmesan shavings and fresh made pesto over toast from a bakery loaf. This very rich dish was complemented by the flavor and intensity of the riesling cutting through to add another wonderful layer of taste to the meal. Highly recommended.
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Warm Weather Wines (Farpointe Cellar): The nose had lots of stone and dirt, a little spice, and some apple and pear at the end. The palate was crisp, and had pear, citrus, minerals, and spice.
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Green gold. Petrol, lime zest, wet stone, flowers and quince on the nose. Bone dry and penetrating on the palate with almost painful intensity. This is NOT about fruit, this is about Alsace terroir. The mineral and stone flavors come in waves and just don't quit. Acids are strong but totally buffered by the wines extract. The finish leaves an almost tannic impression of saline concentration. Not sure where this will go in the cellar but I would guess that 10 more years would not be out of he question...wow, this is good juice!
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My experience mirrors a taster below. First night I pulled it away from my guests - I thought it was a off bottle, possibly corked. re-corked and put in the fridge 2 night later- wow petrol, acacia, honeysuckle with a very long finish. so good I bought 9 more....
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After a bunch of atypically sweet German Rieslings, this was a real change of pace. Deep gold color. Great nose of petrol, honey, flowers, and bitter melon. The palate is weighty and loaded with chalky minerality. Other than a strong bitter melon flavor, there isn't much fruit. This seems very promising, but quite stern and closed at the moment.
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Wow, this wine needs time. I had it over four nights. On the first night, the nose was great - pears and honey, but when I first tasted it, I thought this was an off / corked bottle. Don't give up on this. After an hour it started coming together, but it was still a bit disjointed - like a young riesling. I put it away in the fridge for 2 nights and on day three this wine was really good - sharp acidity, great body. Lots and lots of pears. It paired extremely well with fetuchine alfredo. On the fourth night, it got even more complex with a lot of lemon and sour apples in the mix, but ended with a slightly funny aftertaste, which I can't quite describe, but was something like peppers and creme brule mashed together. Not my favorite combination. I think this needs at least another 2-3 years, so be patent. It is 90 right now, but has potential for more.
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So very young it's hard to belive this is in fact a 7 year old wine. This all mineral and lemon, starting to get complex but this needs time. Nice finish will buy as much as I can afford.
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I did something I almost never do: after 3/4 of a glass (over 1 hour), I poured the rest of the bottle down the drain. I love riesling and wines from Alsace and I have had other wines from Trimbach that I like but this was insipid. Flat on the nose, flat in the mouth and a sour finish. I am glad that this was a gift (in a mixed case). Perhaps I had a bad bottle (although it was NOT corked) but I think this was just an off wine.
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Decanted for 3 hours before the meal. This was a veritable garden of earthy delights. Light yellow with a little green like a Chablis. Evolving complex nose with mint, chamomile tea, lemon, distilled tones, and faint peach. Intense attack with great extract, focused stone, quinine, and dirt, which cling and coat the palate for several minutes after the wine disappears. Embryonic but still exhilarating in its uncompromising austerity. Less lush, tropical, and forward than the 2000 version, this will develop slowly for decades. For me, the best Frederic Emile since the 1996, which featured even more acidity but less of this incredible minerality and terroir. We enjoyed a 2000 Zind Humbrecht Rangen the previous night; although that wine also possesses significant earth tones and complexity, but compared to this Frederic Emile, it is simple, sweet, and strikingly fruit driven.
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today at lunch - purely by chance! lovely gold developing, not yet at the petrol stage but getting there, great nose of haystack and pear? with minerals coming in after some time. auslese level body, but dry with just a pricle of RS on the finish. amazing elegance... a must have wine. needs 10+ years to show its best... wOW...
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Medium gold color. Intense, brilliant nose of ripe white fruit, caraway, hay and minerality. On the palate it is full bodied and silky, elegant and dry, with good presence and a long finish. Delicious Riesling.
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4/7/2024 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Amber color, rich apricot and marmalade on the nose and palate. Light oxidation.
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4/6/2024 - JohnSh wrote: flawed
My last bottle, unfortunately this showed deep bronze in colour, and while it didn't taste oxidized, it was definitely poxed in some way. It was a shell of what is should have been.
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3/9/2024 - drrobvino wrote:
Wife popped this one to enjoy with her family from out of town (they thought it would be "sweet").
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10/12/2023 - PDavisMarble wrote: 88 Points
This (half) bottle is showing its age. Golden color, fruits are somewhat stewed, a bit fat. Disappointing.
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10/2/2023 - DaleW wrote:
Young and steely, wet rocks and petrol, very good showing A-
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9/25/2023 - Nanda wrote:
From a bottle opened the prior day. Still sining on night two and shows so much depth with impeccable precision and balance.
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9/24/2023 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at D Cuisine (Chicago, IL): Second time having this (and to be clear, not the 375eme bottling). This drinks more like a modern white label than a CFE -- it is minerally, taut, and lean, with a bit less breadth and instead more mineral concentration and intensity. High acid and for my palate, in a very, very good spot for mature, dry riesling.
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9/14/2023 - VinhoVerde wrote: flawed
This was a controversial wine. Delicious complex wine for the first 15-20 minutes that begins to show a musty corkiness thereafter.
1st 15 minutes: medium gold color. Dried apricot and petrol bouquet. On the palate, rich texture and cleansing acidity. Long aftertaste. Right in its prime.
After 15 minutes: A musty corkiness dominates and begins to blot out all other flavors. Tasted this with 8 others. Some picked up this flaw initially, to a small degree, though I did not. The owner of this bottle stated he had purchased several bottles of this wine and experienced the problem in some bottles but not all. It’s a crap shoot.
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7/1/2023 - honest bob wrote: 90 Points
From 75cl, same reliable provenance as the bottle noted on 26.12.2016, good cork this time, opened 1 hour. Almost linear from the petrol, sour apple and super-ripe lemon led scent, through the skinny, lithe-lemony entry to the last echo from the final tingling drop. My 4th bottle since 2011—although its contents smelled and tasted just fine, they were a little disappointing. Not faulty in any way, just less concentrated, less intense, less thrilling, less complex than e.g. the great bottle I recorded here on 06.09.2022. 89-90P
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4/30/2023 - Wrighty wrote: 92 Points
Golden orange colour, definitely showing age. Candied orange, honeysuckle and just a whiff of petrol on a complex nose. Palate is quite lean at the start but honey and candied orange comes through. Big structure supporting a beautifully aging wine.
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4/19/2023 - MatsRahm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Part of Cuvée Frédéric Emile vertical 2023-04-19:
Somewhat golden in color. Medium+ intensity.
On the nose, honey, saffron, and some herbs.
The taste includes honey, saffron, and red apples with a medium finish.
Not as rich as the 1998 and 2002.
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4/19/2023 - MatsRahm wrote: flawed
Part of Cuvée Frédéric Emile vertical 2023-04-19: This bottle was corked.
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4/6/2023 - Danger dynamix Likes this wine: 94 Points
A very serious bottle of Riesling. Starts out with a huge amount of petroleum and gunflint - buckle up. Three hours later and we were no where near finding the ceiling. Just kept getting more delineated and fresher as we went along. Very good!
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11/26/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:
Remarkably light yellow. An “Alsace greatest hits” nose-light fusel, stone fruit, and black tea. Medium weight, excellent feel, dry, low pitched peach, lots of soil, and fantastic acidity. Still not fully mature. Like the Energizer bunny, this vintage just keeps going and going and going… I will really miss this wine when I finally run out of my stash. One of the most classic and long lived Frédéric Emiles, a real wonder.
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11/9/2022 - DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep gold in color, quite dark. Nose is mostly tertiary, with some citrus and grilled pineapple along with the petrol notes. Leaner in body than the Pichler we had next to it and higher acid too. Good length. Nice bottle.
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10/26/2022 - Beachfan Likes this wine: 92 Points
great length, mature, petrol, pop n pour, better towards the end.
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9/5/2022 - honest bob wrote: 92 Points
French road trip, mainly Rhône valley; 9/4/2022-9/18/2022: From 75cl, fine cork, P+P in a restaurant high up in the Alsace mountains, continued to improve dramatically over 2 hours - would have been better decanted. Cider apple, old oak, fields of aromatic green herbs (marjoram?) and - duh - petrol-mature Riesling scent. Initially very slender, the entry expanded with air, as did the mid-palate, which initially showed an almost tannic grip, but loosened up into a rich, complex, ripely acidic bed of joy after about an hour. Don’t rush this lovely wine; it’s fully mature, but has many tricks up its sleeve if you’re patient. 92-93P
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7/12/2022 - alanr wrote: 93 Points
Good medium hay color, what a beautiful nose, light Riesling fruit, not really petrol but a savory, oily, spicy, dried herbal note; the wine shows its 20+ years, but still has a freshness, the steely austerity that was dominant when released has softened and rounded to show the underlying fruit, excellent mildly tart acidity, an apricot pit note of minerality. Well stored bottles should drink well for many years to come.
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7/12/2022 - aagrawal wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with the wine group (Zazie's, San Francisco): Golden; aromatic, complex florals, white fruit, some ginger spice; palate is dry, medium bodied, fantastic concentration of dry extract, mouthwatering acidity, excellent flavor; medium-long finish. Really classic Alsatian Riesling still a bit young! 93
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2/25/2022 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:
Pale gold colour. Lovely, fresh petrol nose plus hint on palate. Dryness is a surprise!
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2/6/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:
A White Wine Dinner in Celebration of Crab (San Francisco): Full yellow. Expressive peach. Dry, dense, glycerine, and full bodied. This has really rounded out impressively. A bigger, fleshier wine than its stablemate (Clos Ste. Hune), and this has hurtled toward maturity more quickly than the other wine. Both were wonderful tonight.
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2/1/2022 - NoahCap wrote:
Bottle looks to be in great shape, very good fill, served PnP then followed over 4 hrs out of Zalto Universals. Cork soaked half through, otherwise in fine shape.
Color is bright gold- looks beautiful. Nose immediately reveals that this is into the middle/late-developed stage of life. Aromas are of yellow peach, yellow flowers, cider, spearmint (!), some petrol, but with a soft indistinctness, a bit of fuzziness, that comes with a wine that's past its best. Acidity is medium in the mouth, quite dry, bruised yellow apples and some oxidation. Finish is on the short side, kind of one dimensional.
I must say, I'm a little disappointed by how developed this bottle is- too much for my tastes. I had a 1989 CFE in 2019 that was mindblowingly delicious, so I know how good these can be. This one was ok, but far from great. Reading notes seems to show that these older Frederic Emiles can be hit or miss, and this one shows that. It's a shame because outwardly this bottle looked perfect.
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2/1/2022 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Probably my last bottle of a case: still amazing to watch it emerge from the bottle medium straw colored and within seconds of pooling in the bottom of a glass turn a full medium gold color; just as lively and complex as the bottle enjoyed a couple years ago; apricot, wild flowers, mango and the petrol of TDN all held together with perfect levels of acidity. Great wine!
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12/14/2021 - DaleW wrote:
Some have found some premox in these, I had one rather advanced bottle, but others have been great, and this continues the trend. Light brassy color, grapefruit and lemon, touch of petrol, loads of river rocks. Long, minerally, fine. A-
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12/6/2021 - Ianttuck Likes this wine: 93 Points
Absolutely perfect bottle considering the age. I was surprised how well this held up. Beautiful citrus, green apple, saline, with chalky minerality. Had it blind with friends most said Alsace but younger.
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12/5/2021 - fitzi wrote:
Miles better than the magnum I opened earlier this year. In its prime, sinewy, muscular; dry, acidic precision, depth and complexity showing with some air exposure. Good dry Riesling - mature - recalls something of good Chablis, though rounder. Very good, what you'd expect from this vigneron in this year. Magnum decanted into four 375s and drunk sequentially over about 8 days.
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11/22/2021 - MC wrote:
PNP at cellar temp. Nice but feels past its peak. Medium gold in color, and still with some cut to keep it fresh but feels a little tired. Drink up based on this bottle. B+/A-
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9/17/2021 - cct wrote: 95 Points
Drunk along with the 375 anniversary bottling
Decanted and drunk over a few hours, a couple glasses worth left for the next day.
Similar maturing golden color. It's fresher and more lifted on the nose with oyster shell, florals, and citrus more than other fruit. Laser sharp, bone dry, and toothsome on the palate, yet it manages to make a clean rather than broad cut across the palate. Stony, multifaceted, and deep, yet lifted and fresh. It is like drinking like mineral water or what I could imagine licking rocks in a cold mountain stream would be like This has a weightless feel that belies its impressive structure and depth. Mouthwatering, stony, almost waxy in its density, yet diamond etched. These beautiful contrasts all coalesce into a greater whole. Finishes clean yet incredibly long. Power with focus. Drinking at early peak. A STGT wine for sure. While the 375 Anniversary bottling has more breadth and richness, this has more detail, harmony, and a Zen sense of effortless beautify. This wine speaks to me. Fantastic. 95
Its an aside, it did lose some of the lift, but gained a little (relative) richness the second day.
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9/17/2021 - cct wrote: flawed
TCA
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9/15/2021 - DaleW wrote:
Stony/seashell, petrol, white peach. Racy, lively, long. In the spot. A-
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8/29/2021 - fitzi wrote:
From magnum, decanted into 375s and imbibed over the course of several days. This wine is snoozy and dull out of the bottle. After about an hour in the glass, when it wakes up, it's a great, mature Riesling, with complexity, depth and very fine acidic precision. Flavors are towards the citrusy - no surprise - with hints of grapefruit. In the mouth, a fine layer of powdered rock, some minerals, a touch of salinity, a hint of soapiness in the texture (sounds gross but, in white wine, often an attractive characteristic). Everything travels along a single, fine rail of fresh, delicious acidity. Bone dry but stopping short of oxidation. One of the best of my numerous FE 2001 bottles.
This seems like the ultimate evolution of a fine Riesling wine, the essence, once all of the buffering primary fruit, RS, and glycerol is fully resolved - I've observed fine Australian Riesling to follow a similar pattern, although Austrian Rieslings seem to travel a different evolutionary path. Suzanne Vega's "Undertow" kept running through my mind: "... I would leave only bones and teeth, we could see what was underneath ..." What's underneath in this wine is pretty interesting.
Caveat - wine from the decanted 375s, once the small bottle is broached, bears up under overnight storage, but only just. I would assess this to near the end of its plateau and plan to drink up my remaining magnums in relatively short order.
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8/10/2021 - PDavisMarble wrote: 87 Points
Deep golden yellow. A bit viscous texture. Nose of raisins, marzipan, linzer torte, dried apricots, dried pineapple. This is drinking a bit older than past bottles. Pleasant and intriguing, but not the pure pleasure that I expect from a 20 year old CFE. A bit tart, which cuts across the dried fruit profile, but not much complexity and a short finish.
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7/6/2021 - Beachfan Likes this wine: 92 Points
Looked advanced but tasted fresh!
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6/7/2021 - JohnMcIlwain wrote: flawed
Just corked. Lots of wine behind the TCA. Still have a few.
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5/16/2021 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Sunday hangout (Chicago, IL): A fantastic bottle of this -- so youthful and fresh, and classic at the same time. This has more cut than I would find in most CFEs, and as such makes it amply more enjoyable. Nonetheless, there is a rich array of botrytis-inflected golden fruits (especially apricots) that shows prominently on the nose and on the palate. Just a hint sweet and while I sometimes complain that this wine is too heavy and alcoholic, this iteration feels anything but.
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5/1/2021 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nose > Big, aromatic, complex. Tons of fruit.
Tart apricot/ripe apricot, mineralized ripe & tart yellow stone fruit, hint of dried apricot.
Fresh sea breeze with hints of smoky, roasted yellow orchard fruit, lime cream, ripe peach skin/peach &
a touch of marzipan.
Palate > Huge fruit; big minerality. Tart apricot, lime zest, hints of ginger & lavender.
Tons of fresh fruit, with hints of honeyed apricot/tart apricot interwoven.
Gorgeous fruit & complexity.
Fruit carries all the way through, & turns more lime/citrus on finish.
Med+ intensity. Great balance. Excellent acidity.
A Thoroughbred.
Rather amazingly young & fresh.
(93+)
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5/1/2021 - Mlermontov wrote: 93 Points
Wow. Golden but bright color. Nose of guava, ripe peach, mineral notes in the back. Rich and dense. Palate is bright, light citrus, Meyer lemons, long and dense, with a delicious dollop of sweet citrus right before the fresh zesty finish...
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1/13/2021 - DaleW wrote:
Quite petrolly, but nice acidic spine, lemon and apple, a bit of ginger. Holds on strong for 2 days. B+/A-
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10/27/2020 - DaleW wrote:
Color was a little darker than I expected, but racy and young on nose and palate. Petrol, citrus, herbs, with long stony finish. A-
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10/17/2020 - cct wrote: 95 Points
A bottomless, hauntingly beautiful nose of oyster shell, florals, citrus more than orchard fruit, and kaffir lime. It's laser sharp and bone dry, and brilliantly detailed on the palate. Multifacted and incredibly complex, with a level of harmony and clarity here that drinks like fresh mineral water. Geologically more than fruit driven with outstanding cut that is beautifully balanced to its extract, with everything coming across weightless yet powerful. An effortless, harmonious, fantastic wine drinking at peak. One of the best bottles of this I have had. Gorgeous.
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10/8/2020 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very pretty nose of almonds, spices, orange, citrus, and a hint of peach. Refreshing acidity with notes of lemon oil, stone fruit, orange peel, and grapefruit on the palate. Long finish. This is probably drinking at peak right now.
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9/6/2020 - fatboi Likes this wine: 92 Points
petrol, slight smokiness, and apple/tropical fruits. Acidity and lime becomes more prominent as the wine gets more air. 91/92
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8/28/2020 - fitzi wrote:
Disappointing. Not oxidized, not obviously corked, but very meh. I ended up sharing my girlfriend’s CLos du Bois, which tells you all you need to know.
Sometimes very mild TCA steals a wine’s flavor and aroma, without grossly tainting it ... so perhaps that.
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5/18/2020 - DaleW wrote:
this showed great. Wet stones, grapefruit, a bit of petrol. Vibrant acids, plenty of body, long finish. A-
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4/26/2020 - Marc C Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nez évolué sur les fleurs, le citron vert, les épices, la pierre chaude, la cire, trait végétal
La bouche envoie, beaucoup de puissance, avec une tension bien enrobée. Comme souvent avec cette cuvée, j'apprécie cet équilibre qui conjugue à merveille droiture et richesse.
Grosse grosse finale, fraîche, complexe avec de fins amers ! Quelle rémanence ! Là est le gouffre par rapport au 2000 !
Très, très beau vin. Gros problème c'était la dernière, il ne reste plus qu'à attendre les millésimes plus récents ou à repartir à la chasse.
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2/2/2020 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep yellow. Petrol and guava. Open stone fruit and tremendous acidity. Continues to provide amazing pleasure.
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1/25/2020 - AudunG wrote: 92 Points
Dark golden color. Ripe Riesling aromas with a touch of petro. Intense, concentrated and bone dry. A very mature Emile, but still a joy to drink.
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12/24/2019 - acidqueen wrote: 94 Points
Medium gold. Bright, mineral, high acid. Lots of petrol to start, although this dissipates as it opens. Apricot and honey. As mentioned in my 375ème version review of a few days ago, this was brighter but less rich than the 375ème and I preferred this one, but if not tasted side by side I would not likely have thought this one “less rich”. A really wonderful wine with years ahead of it.
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11/10/2019 - Paul S wrote:
Abby's Birthday BYO: I have always loved this wine - it was lovely today too. The nose showed beautiful drifts of white peach, apples and a little touch of honey and sweet florals, all traced with just a hint of minerality. Very nice. The palate was a bit more developed than the last few bottles I had, more honeyed, more rounded, stone fruited peaches and nectarines, less of the limey, citrus notes. They were still there, but now less prominent and more integrated into the body of the wine. Great balance and definition too, with a sinewy acidity and minerality pulling away into a long, detailed finish. Lovely stuff.
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10/20/2019 - PDavisMarble wrote: 92 Points
Hitting its stride. From 1/2 bottle.
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9/14/2019 - cct wrote: 94 Points
Oyster shell, kaffir lime, lemon zest, and subtle white flowers on the nose. On the palate, it's laser sharp, lean, and detailed with bright acidity perfectly balanced against its extract and density so that it comes across completely harmonious. Chiseled and structured: this is more about acid and soil than fruit. Like licking stones wrapped in kaffir lime leaves. A cerebral wine drinking beautifully with plenty of time in hand. Terrific.
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9/9/2019 - Marc C Likes this wine: 93 Points
Le nez est intense et complexe sur de un mélange de notes florales, minérales/fumées. Le fruit est présent en arrière plan. L'aération amène de subtiles notes truffées. C'est superbe et on y revient sans cesse avec toujours de nouvelles sensations.
L'attaque est puissante, volumineuse, impactante. Elle prend rapidement de l'allonge pour proposer un profil plus élancé, sans rien perdre en intensité. La texture riche est bien équilibrée par la fraîcheur.
Finale intense, explosive, d'une persistance incroyable. On se passe et se repasse la langue sur les gencives pour en profiter encore et encore.
Superbe !
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8/19/2019 - DaleW wrote:
While looking for something else discovered a lone forgotten half bottle. I wasn’t excited, as almost all of the 375 mls I had of this were oxidized. I thought I had drunk all up. Well, I’m glad I hadn’t - steely, stony, studly! Full and minerally, crisp and fine. Great showing, and was fine next night as well. A- for a half bottle!!
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8/16/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
Better than the last bottle. Mature nose of peteol, flowers, wax, honey, minerals. Medium+ complexity but not as grand and crisp as my favotite German GGs.
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5/19/2019 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 92 Points
Some petrol on the nose - also peach/apricot, spice and a sharp/bitter flavor like stone-fruit pit. Big and sharp on the palate with serious acid and some citrus, very bitter and young. Finish is serious with excellent and big crisp acid. Matt thought this was awkward, but I disagree. Definitely needs 10 years at least. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5+/6, Finish - 4.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-16.5+/20 (with 16-17/20 potential)
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4/16/2019 - jmoore431 wrote: 93 Points
Not exactly "blind tasted" as I knew we were tasting the 2000 and this one side by side (with Xavier94): light golden color expected of a wine this age; profuse nose of dried apricot, ginger, bruised fruit and grilled pineapple followed by a spell of TDN dominating. I regretted using the term "oil can" , as for a full five minutes it had me feeling like I was at the car service station waiting for them to finish an oil change! Mercifully, those notes backed off and spring flowers and the tropical notes returned along with some nuttiness and some herbal character. Very lively wine which changed a lot in the glass. A bit of a wild ride, this was preferred by all over the 2000. This showed more development of the two.
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4/15/2019 - Xavier94 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Truly Grand Vin performance; well-layered and complex with very vivid peach and pineapple type fruits over intense flinty minerality, spring flowers, honeyed ginger and spice. Shows a touch of caramel-inflected development on the nose which adds dimension and provides a perception of slight sweetness. Firm, taught, long and complex and still developing!
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2/20/2019 - MaxSiegel Likes this wine: 93 Points
Going strong as it approaches 18 years. Enticing lemon peel, spice, and pool toy on the nose. Palate has taken on some richness, with ripe citrus fruit, medium alcohol, and bracing medium-plus acidity. Most notable is the long finish. Drinking well now but with years ahead of it.
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1/19/2019 - fitzi wrote:
I found two forgotten bottles of this Jahrgang in the crawl space spaces. This bottle showed the best so far of the case I bought: the wine has rendered down from its plumpish-feeling, well-buffered adolescence into a crystalline, acid-edged, ravishing beauty. Who knew this version of the wine lay, latent and furled, within the oily, petrolly substance of years prior. And completely fresh. Lesson learned - the rule of 15 applies to CFE; make that 18 in good years. A great wine, classic for the label.
Now, what to do with the magnums?
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1/10/2019 - cct wrote: 95 Points
Lime, oyster shell ,and florals on the nose. One the palate this is laser sharp and deep, very deep. There is great cut, more oyster shell, kaffir lime, and a tactile weight to it, yet simultaneously crystal clear and impossibly fresh. Mouthwatering, laser sharp, and akin to drinking mineral water in tis freshness. Lightness coupled with impact. There is power and a tactile impact that it seems it should be broad, yet it's diamond cut precision cuts like knife, clean and deep. That statement likely makes little sense, but it's the best I can say it now. Power without weight. Finishes laser sharp yet simultaneously long and leaving you wanting more. A rock lover's wine. Wonderful now with decades to go. Terrific. 95
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1/7/2019 - DaleW wrote:
Lemon, wet rocks, and petrol. Good acids, long finish, drinking well. Holds up well over 3 days. A-/B+
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11/28/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
Chateau Latour - 30 year vertical (1983-2010) tasted blind (Switzerland): Nose of bee wax, flowers, some nuttiness too. on the ripe side, first time I am drinking this wine. Is this the house style or was this an off bottle as it lacked the freshness that I am used to from the German Rieslings. Probably not a representative bottle as the 2004 I drank a few days after was clean with bright acidity. NR
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11/22/2018 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
01 Alsace and 11 Red Burgundy for work crowd (Home): Mid straw. Quite a rich, oily texture, moderate viscosity. Surprisingly exotic on the nose alongside the usual kerosine notes. Whilst rich on the attack this is cut through with lime and shows quite dry on the mid-palate and finish. Long. Just a quick tasting sip, so probably underscored. ****
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10/30/2018 - drrobvino wrote: 92 Points
My 4th bottle of 6, in 375ml format.
This 17 yr old Riesling is lovely medium gold in color.
Lemon drops, green apple, petroleum, and chalk on the nose. Echoed in the palate.
Rich in texture, with intense acidity that provides perfect balance and a long and dramatically refreshing finish.
Delicious now, but amazingly can continue to drink well through 2020+ or so.
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10/21/2018 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points
Petrol, apricot, and peach on the rich nose. Lemon, apricot, and some slightly green flavors on the layers palate. Lingering and long finish. Lovely!
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8/26/2018 - KPB wrote: 92 Points
An attractive but very tart Riesling, with yellow "cape gooseberry" on the nose alongside lime, ginger, hints of lemon custard. Petrol in the background. Quite lifted and firm on the palate (I can see why Dr. Wine loves this...) -- the fruit is just shy of ripe. Endless palate with a mineral core. Torn between 92 and 93. 92+
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7/25/2018 - Paul D Likes this wine: 91 Points
3/3. Cork 75% soaked.
Pale/medium gold. Nose shows keroseney mineral, very ripe apple, mango. Oily rag, hint of creaminess. Palate is medium bodied, quite broad and oily texture with ripe apple and mango again, a creamy edge, vibrant acids and then lime on the long finish. Drinking well, certainky mature but no obvious need to hurry unduly.
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7/13/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Petrol, herbs, and lime. Medium density and weight but tremendous penetration and punch due to acidity which bores deep into every crevice of the mouth. Great extract, dry stone fruit and citrus. Wow, after taking the better part of 15 years to get going, this wine is really beginning to strut its stuff. I can easily see it lasting 30 years. Fantastic showing.
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5/28/2018 - DaleW wrote:
I had told Craig I’d open as all of his 01 CFE were oxidized, and none of mine were , and broke my streak. Tired. C+
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4/21/2018 - MC wrote:
Fresh, crisp, nice mineral element. Very enjoyable, unfortunately I keep trying this next to a wine that bests it, which this evening was a 2001 Prager Bodenstien. But still very nice. A-
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3/16/2018 - SimonG wrote: 88 Points
IBBS @ Trompette (La Trompette, London): Worryingly dark colour. Reasonably classic nose, more kerosine than lime juice. Start off reasonably well but drops off a cliff — not mid palate or finish. No discernible oxidised TCA, but distinctly underwhelming. Decent enough out of context. ***
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1/31/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow-to be sure, this no longer looks like baby Riesling. Some secondary fusel notes too, but mostly citrus, stone fruit, and tea. Great density and drive, completely dry, incredible back end acidity and soil. No hint of oxidation whatsoever. Having tasted this 3 times over the past year, I am now pretty confident in saying that after stubbornly refusing to evolve over its first 15 years, this wine has finally rounded the corner and entered the zone of maturity. While the plateau is usually long and any decline gentle, I will be keeping a close eye on my remaining bottles over the next few years to avoid complacency and try to enjoy them at their peak.
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12/2/2017 - drrobvino wrote: 91 Points
From 375ml bottle. I have 3 remaining.
See TN from last year. Opened up after 30-60 mins or so. Tart green fruit, unmistakably Riesling, with some petroleum notes peaking through. A little flabby and short on the finish until about 30 mins in the glass, then the wine woke up and came alive. Nice, crisp finish, with a flint-like chalkiness to it. Very nice with sushi.
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11/24/2017 - Bordeauxman wrote: 92 Points
Light golden color. Crisp, fresh,long lasting dry taste of Granny Smith apples, pears and along with a hint of honey. Wonderful wine with no hurry to drink more.
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9/15/2017 - bunhiong Likes this wine:
young, secondary flavors only developing, this has life
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8/30/2017 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Whole Fish Night with Whites (It's Greek to Me, Mpls): Light medium gold color. Drank a small glass over 20 minutes. This had warmed up a bit when i got it at the end of the night, but it was still outstanding. There was a good bit of petrol on the nose and palate - maybe more so with the temp, but nothing bothersome for me. Apple, fusil, nectarine, spiced pear, medium full bodied and layered, discreet minerality and focus. I love these Freddie's when they hit 15+ years. 92+ to 93pts.
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8/29/2017 - jmoore431 wrote: 94 Points
I keep bouncing between trying bottles of the '00 and the '01 but apparently haven't posted on this wine: much more evolved in color (golden) than previous bottles; on opening the nose was iffy with volatile organics and a mean mineral spirits sort of thing; after ten minutes that let up to show the classic TDN (petrol thing) along with pitted orchard fruits and earthy minerality. The acid structure helped deliver some further citrus complexity while still allowing a certain "thickness" and viscosity to carry the day. drwine and Mrbuzz seem to have a handle on the glories of what this wine is showing right now. Many people find the Alsatian rieslings to be too stern and unwelcoming. If it's an acquired taste, glad I acquired it! (as well as this wine)!
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8/18/2017 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 Points
Golden yellow. Initially a sulfurous and slightly sweet, stewed nose. After 20 or 30 minutes, this dissipated and left a sweet, clean nose with a hint of petrol. Candied lemon zest, lemon grass, hay, peach and kumquat undertones. A longish finish. A touch alcoholic, but not hot.
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6/18/2017 - kevin h wrote: 91 Points
Lean but with good lemon fruit. Mineral, excellent.
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6/15/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Exciting mature Riesling nose-petrol, peach, and distilled spirits. Full bodied, completely dry and glycerine. Fresh dried peach, tremendous acidity and soil. Powerful, persistent finish. Dry extract coats the palate and refuses to go away after swallowing this. Wow, the best of over 15 bottles I've had of this; maybe it is finally entering full maturity. Fantastic showing.
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6/5/2017 - cgfrendly Likes this wine: 96 Points
Fruit well beyond expected for this wine. Stunning finish, not sure I have experienced better. Amazing.
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6/1/2017 - Blake Brown Likes this wine: 93 Points
2001 TRIMBACH CUVEE FREDERIC EMILE ALSACE RIESLING- this was a fabulous wine with such an inviting perfume of fresh cut flowers and citrus fruit; the taste had more specific honeyed, spicy lemon oil with a touch of minerality ; it was beautifully balanced and just a bit sweet but not too much; one of my favs of the 8 Rieslings in this tasting.
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5/22/2017 - DaleW wrote:
I went through my initial stash and had to find more. Nice showing- grapefruit and wet rocks, some discrete petrol on the long long finish. A-
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4/20/2017 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 96 Points
I've had tremendous luck with these 01's...ALL have been in perfect form with no signs of ox or decline what so ever. My last bottle was near perfection for me, and prompted me to go out and find more since that was the last of the stash. This is the first bottle of the current stash...and so far SO good! Shimmering gold and green color...slight petrol(less than the last bottle), ripe orchard fruit, lime blossom florals, crushed rock nose. Sublime nose! What a creamy mouth coat on the palate! Savory salt stone bowl of fresh fruits...peach, melon, apple...little tropical pineapple and banana wax...alive citrus attack, well balanced to a polish...crushed limestone chalk and nuanced petrol adds to the fascinating complexity. Not as vibrant as the last bottle, more polish and cream here...but still a WOW wine for me!
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4/17/2017 - Neuneuil Likes this wine: 91 Points
Darkish yellow hue, Light petrol nose, nice lengthy acidic lemon coating of the mouth. In its peak. Drink now and over next couple years.
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3/27/2017 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
3 years since we tried this last ( Papies 90) and pretty much felt the same. Petrolly nose, light caramel feel, firm on the palate good acidity but also a touch of sweetness. Well round and polished on the acidity and this is something that it has improved since 3 years ago looking at our notes. Drink now. 91
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3/25/2017 - cct wrote: 95 Points
Lemon zest, kaffir lime, petrol, oyster shells, subtle florals, and, to steal a term from Jeremy, a ton of of geologic matter. Powerful, yet at the same time it is finely detailed with huge cut, rapier acidity, and great freshness. Very lean, but with enough density and depth that is comes across as chiseled rather than austere. This is deep, mineral/ and acid driven wine where the fruit takes a distant back seat and is mostly citrus pith/ lemon citrus driven. A terrific rock head's dream. Great and still youthful. Mouthwatering.
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2/16/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep yellow, the darkest I've seen in any of these bottles. Incredibly, still quite primary Riesling aromas of black tea and stone fruit without any petrol. Medium weight and density. It took a few minutes to get going, but then, bam! A melange of peach and candied ginger with superb acidity and stone. Dry but definitely not austere, very long finish. While the color might give one pause about continuing to hold this wine, it belies the energy in the mouth and lack of secondary aromatic development. There was no oxidation at all in this bottle.
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1/14/2017 - MC wrote:
Nice wine. Dry, and very Trimbach in style, showing a bit of viscosity and minerals. It was a bit overpowered by the 2 ZH wines that were next to it. But I enjoyed it and think it is a very good first wine of the evening. A-
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1/12/2017 - btock Likes this wine: 96 Points
I'm a Riesling fan, and this is about as good as I've had the varietal. So much going on. Petrol, sweetness, crystalinity, salinity. A shape shifter and such a dynamic wine. Delicious and thought provoking. Walks the tight rope between sweet and dry. A real pleasure. Guessing will hold here from some time.
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1/8/2017 - pryby Likes this wine: 91 Points
Like other notes, the cork was not in good shape - disintegrating at the bottom - just barely got it out in one piece. The wine is doing well though. Strong petrol nose with Meyer lemon peeking through on open. After 30 mins, the petrol has disappated and beautiful honey lemon predominates. On the palate some Meyer lemon, some quince, a bit of bitter lemon pith and salinity on a long finish.
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12/27/2016 - DaleW wrote:
Delicious, vivid acids, green apple and lemon, long and lively with some petrol notes. A-
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12/26/2016 - honest bob wrote: 93 Points
From 75cl, leaky shrunken cork which fell into bottle while I was trying to clean the congealed gunk off the top. Despite panic decant with the filthy cork rattling around in the bottle, this was in excellent condition. Wonderful petrol-tinged mature Riesling scent; bright ripe green apple acidity leavens the big-bodied, creamy textured entry and gains right through to the long finish. Fabulous wine, this bottle at full maturity today. (92-)93P
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12/24/2016 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 89 Points
From a half-bottle. Seems to be heading a little downhill from this half-bottle, but then the cork wasn't in tip top shape. The aromas are a little muddled which detracts from the pleasure. That being said, aromas of mostly petrol, pumpkin, caramel and peach greet me on the nose. On the palate, a still present acidity leads the attack with the same aromas as on the nose and with a very good length. Still a good wine, but at this point, I'd focus more on standard bottles and avoid half-bottles which ripen earlier. 89
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11/19/2016 - czar33 wrote: 89 Points
Super équilibre, beau fruit, belle qualité, le temps lui a fait du bien, délicieux.
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11/9/2016 - stephen locke wrote: 93 Points
Just about ready I'd say. Opened and poured - improved in the glass through dinner.
Some initial smokey petrol with the citrus fruit.
Still refreshing acidity with green apples and minerals but not searingly dry - some complexity rounding out the palate nicely. Real depth to the flavour and coiled energy
Long finish. Feels complete in the mouth
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9/30/2016 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:
The pedigree has emerged. Great acidity, depth and finish.
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9/19/2016 - drrobvino wrote: 91 Points
Very delicious, tart green apple and slate. Opened up after an hour in the bottle. Lemon, green apple, and slate/chalk. Finish is long and energetic. Quite good.
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9/14/2016 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
Wow, so happy that I drank this with Tiff alongside our Thai coconut shrimp dish (and included some of it in the dish itself), this ’01 was singing for sure, classic reisling profile but with just a hint - unlike German reisling - of sweetness (especially on the pnp), and this thing had some soaring acidity, it was mouth puckering, tiffany was right when she said “tart apples” on the first sip but after 30 minutes or so it became mouth puckering, young (even though somewhat dark in color) and lemony lemony lemony, and no petrol per se but maybe i missed it
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8/31/2016 - christyler wrote: 90 Points
Nice bottle and a good showing. 12.5% and not as lusty as some Alsatian Riesling, which I appreciated. I might have expected a tad more complexity, but this was still quite good.
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7/18/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Trimbach Frederic Emile Riesling Vertical-Six Vintages Between 1999 and 2009 (San Francisco): Dense, dry, smoky. Powerful citrus and soil. Classic and very young.
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6/7/2016 - ovenmitt wrote: 93 Points
Killer bottle and drinking very well right now..... I'm feeling like there's still some time on these but may also want to drink up sooner rather than later.
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6/6/2016 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Lovely golden color. Nose is singing: peach skin, petrol and soap flakes. Elegant and pure on the palate with wonderful secondary notes. Ripe but not at all sweet. Leaves a very positive impression. My last of 6 and just perfect now. (93)
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5/30/2016 - OW_SOSPEL Likes this wine: 93 Points
Belle couleur or brillant, limpide, très lourd, larmes grosses, fréquentes et lentes. 12.5°.
Nez ultra complexe de pamplemousse, mandarine, ananas, litchi, abricot et citron. Fond léger d'hydrocarbures. Extraordinaire élégance avec une fraicheur remarquable.
Bouche gourmande sur un mélange d'agrumes et de fruits tropicaux. Abricot apparaissant avec les litchis en milieu de bouche. Enorme complexité en bouche et élégance incomparable.
Finale sur les zestes de citron et le pétrole, fine et élégante. Remarquable longueur avec une décroissance lente et régulière.
Une Vendange Tardive de la Cuvée Frédéric Emile qui nous donne le meilleur du cépage. Trimbach reste une référence en riesling ! 15 ans, pas une ride, et une complexité rare.
Rendez-vous pour les 20 ans !
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3/5/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
An Evening at the Rock Pile-Trimbach Riesling and de Montille Volnay Taillepieds (San Francisco): Yellow. Wonderful scents of ripe orange, herbs, and a twist of yellow flowers. Much denser and less airy than the 2007 Clos Ste. Hune. Ripe orange and tangerine, barely off dry, long soil finish, excellent acidity although lower in comparison to the CSH. This still has years or decades of development ahead. Outstanding.
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3/5/2016 - beatles wrote:
Dinner with Peter, Susanne, PPJ, Maria-Terese, Thomas - chez moi (Frederiksberg): Grand Vin; rich, oily with loads of citrus, minerals and a smooth, creamy body, that holds everything together and makes this quite gentle in spite if the dry and flinty style. (#dinner with Peter&Susanne, PPJ etc.)
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3/4/2016 - portman63 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep golden and rich honeydew on the nose. Very rich on the palate but still with enough acidity to balance it. Held up the whole evening with not a real drop-off. Should hold at this level for a few more years.
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2/11/2016 - cct wrote: 95 Points
A wine of striking contrasts and equally striking harmony. It is powerful yet elegant, beautiful transparent, lithe yet dense. This has tremendous clarity, huge cut, great tension, and with density that comes across with a sense of effortless power. This has huge mineral. rocks and the fruit is complimentary but secondary. Kaffir lime, green apple, and lemon zest coupled with of a ton of acid, that is buffered by its great level of concentration. It's crystal clear, fresh, clean, and pure. Bottomless. A wine that blends into a whole rather than a bunch of parts.. This is entering a fantastic peak where I suspect it will stay for a very long time. The best bottle of this I have had. Fantastic CFE. 95pts
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12/28/2015 - dbkitc wrote: 88 Points
Somewhat disappointing compared to the other wines today. Not bad - just a tad narrow and lacking excitement. (88)
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12/26/2015 - aekenback wrote: 90 Points
Had quite low expectations on this wine - seems to be a lot of negative statements regarding Trimbach around at the moment. Also a quite disappointing display by Clos St Hune 2009 a few weeks back didn't change my preconception. Clean nose without any petroleum or other chemical scents. Ripe and rich fruit. Very fresh, and with lively acidity, for beeing such an old wine.
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12/15/2015 - ChristopherB Likes this wine: 91 Points
From a half-bottle. Nice gold colour with evident viscosity. On the nose... Wow! I don't drink Riesling often, but every time I do, I fall in love with the bouquet of a nice mature Riesling. Aromas of peach, petrol, apple, lime, pumpkin. It smells sweet like a desert wine. On the palate, the wine is perfectly dry, with a nice continuation of the aromas found on the nose. Crystal clear with a good acidity and a decent length. Good wine. I really should drink Riesling more often.
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12/11/2015 - David J Cooper wrote: 93 Points
Right gold. Petrol, honey, apricots and apples. Quite intense nose. Apple and flint flavours. Viscous. Balanced finish.
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11/16/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Fusel and citrus aromas. Dense, completely dry, driving acidity and structure with black tea flavors. Fantastic.
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11/9/2015 - Finare Vinare wrote: 90 Points
Surprisingly clean bottle from this too often under-achieving producer. Petrol, mineral, chestnuts, hints of honey, plus lime-zest & dried stone fruit aromas. Smooth mouthfeel, embedded high acidity, good enough fruit, medium length. A nice surprise, drinking well now.
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10/18/2015 - drrobvino wrote: 90 Points
Tasted in a vertical of this wine (2001, 2004, 2005).
This wine showed moderate Alsatian spice notes, lingering behind slight petroleum notes and lemon/lime fruit.
The acidity is less apparent, although certainly ample, leading into a long, lemon-honey-petroleum finish.
Drink now through 2018+. Very nice.
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10/13/2015 - DaleW wrote:
I was a little worried at first, smelled great, but poured a clean light gold and seemed to darken towards bronze within minutes. But neither nose or palate showed oxidation- clean bright apple fruit framed with citrus on the nose, on the palate more lemon with some pit fruit notes. A little petrol develops over the meal, long with a tangy mineral finish. Excellent showing (I looked to make sure I hadn't accidentally opened a 375eme Anniversary bottle). A-/B+
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9/4/2015 - DaleW wrote:
Clean, brisk, bright apple and lemon with notes of petrol, earth, and ginger. Full, long, young. Holds up well over several hours. A-
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8/25/2015 - kingkanu wrote: 91 Points
This is a little lighter and more elegant than some recent vintages, its almost completely dry with wafts of honey, apricot, citrus and spices, ready and will likely develop more complexity with time.
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8/8/2015 - JohnSh wrote:
Didn't get to spend a lot of time with this one, but it was a classic dry Alsace reisling, with citrus, mainly lemon, notes and minerality predominating, but it was the great intensity and concentration that took this to the next level. Lovely golden straw colour as well. Still tastes young, but certainly excellent now (A-).
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7/31/2015 - bengti Likes this wine: 90 Points
A very welcoming nose of sweet fruits and chestnuts, reminds me that not enough bottles of Riesling are given time to age and develop. Freshness still abounds after 14 years. A lovely drink.
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7/30/2015 - harrylime Likes this wine: 88 Points
BT picked it as honey chestnut ripe nose. The attack is lovely and full. A bit dry and empty on the finish but this improved with time.
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7/1/2015 - RajivAyyangar Likes this wine: 91 Points
2001: A Wine Odyssey — Berserker Offline @ The Palace (The Palace Steakhouse, SF): Summary:
The lesser sibling to Trimbach’s legendary Clos Ste Hune, Cuvee “Freddy" has a reputation as one of the purest varietal expressions in Alsace. The vineyards are the Grand Crus of Geisberg and Osterberg, right in Trimbach’s home town of Ribeauville. Marl-limestone-sandstone soil and steep southern exposure provide conventionally good conditions for great Riesling (unlike the full-limestone soil of Clos Ste Hune). Because the grapes are sourced from two different Grands Crus, Trimbach cannot label CFE as GC, even if they wanted to (which they don’t).
Rich and pleasantly brioche-y out of the bottle, with air this develops into seriously focused, pure, un-botrytized Alsace Riesling. Phenomenally high acidity with elegant varietal character.
Score: Around 9.
Visual:
Clear, day-bright. Light gold with reflections of yellow and straw. Moderate-plus concentration.
No gas or sediment. Diminished tears.
Nose:
Clean, moderate plus intensity nose.
Notes of baked green apple, with emphasis on “baked” - some brioche / autolytic notes (possible lees stirring?). Warm stone. Faint lime pith note.
As this opened up, some lemon (confected) and slight petrol/pool-toy (TDN) emerged. Notable (though not especially surprising) is the absence of any hints of botrytis in a Grand Cru bottling of such ripeness. This may be stylistic (the Osterberg and Geisberg GC vineyards are steep, with good winds that stave off rot). Also 2001 was cooler and more classical than the exceptional 2000 - perhaps it wasn’t a vintage conducive to botrytis.
Overall still youthful with some signs of development, especially towards the end of the evening (the brioche aromas blew off a bit, revealing more varietal character underneath).
This wine has some complexity already, but will develop even more with age.
Palate:
Dry (<3g RS, possibly bone dry), medium bodied with moderate alcohol ~12.5%? [yes—12.5%].
More baked apple yeastiness mid-palate, with some citrus tones and hints of warm stones.
No phenolic bitterness. Solidly high acid (very clean, balancing tart malic with strong tartaric character).
Phenomenally balanced in a classic dry riesling style.
The finish is moderately long, with balanced fruit, secondaries, and acidity all the way.
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7/1/2015 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
WineBerserkers Offline - 2001 Tasting (The Palace, Mission, SF): Golden-orange color; wonderful nose with caramel apricot cake; completely dry, rich, balanced acid, some secondary and tertiary complexity. Nice overall. 91
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5/9/2015 - Biglama Likes this wine: 91 Points
echt droog, schoon en zuiver, heel eigen stijl, veel karakter
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5/4/2015 - AtoZ wrote:
Nice. Drinking well. Petrol touch of honey. Could use a bit more acid maybe. Better with vegetables than artic char.
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4/15/2015 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 98 Points
Trelio with the fellas (Clovis Ca.): Had alongside the 07 Clos St Hune which it bested, and was my wotn! As soon as I tasted it in a water glass at the hotel…I knew it was something special! Amazingly fresh, minerals galore….peach, apple, creamy melon, tropical pineapple fruit…..wonderful clean petrol, chalky limestone, salty sea air….SO fresh with squeeze of lemon and lime acidity, savory, perfect balance. Reminded me of a Raveneau/Chapoutier Ermitage blend. Amazing right now!
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4/10/2015 - antiwood wrote:
Short note: dry, balanced, lean, gorgeous, drinking well.
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2/2/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Black tea, herbs, and distilled spirit tones. Medium weight, not as solid as a Pichler Riesling the other night. Dry, dry, dry-did I mention no residual sugar? Papaya and grapefruit are the predominant fruit impressions, but these take a back seat to massive acidity and the reduction of soil and minerality that defines the finish. It is hard to get this one out of your mouth, not that I was in any rush to do so. Sometimes a wine strikes a chord since it perfectly exemplifies its type; this is one of those wines-an essence of dry Alsatian Riesling. Built for lovers of structure and acidity, it filled me with wonder that this actually is a product of grapes. I have no doubt that many would find this too austere, and I am similarly confident that good bottles will last forever.
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1/18/2015 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 Points
Let open for 30 minutes. Drunk cool, not cold. Golden yellow, dusty, musty nose, that blew off after a bit yielding to sweet petrol, oysters. Leads with petrol and candied lemon zest. Follows with green apples, and ever so slightly saline. This wine is drinking perfectly (in 1/2 bottle).
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1/5/2015 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Darker than the Keller hinting at gold. Petrol and lacquer mixed with pears and white flowers combine to form a beautiful, complex nose. Powerful yet light - again solid acid backbone that is a perfect marriage with the choucroute. Wonderful. (93)
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11/30/2014 - ovenmitt wrote:
From a 375... Dark golden turning to Amber. Nose is petrol, honey, and wild flowers. Tastes much the same. Drinking superbly.
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11/16/2014 - pdadams66 wrote: 87 Points
Yellow center, yellow to pale rim.
Fairly classic Riesling nose, petrol, citrus, wet slate, touch of grease, some bready notes.
Neutral in the palate (not sweet or dry up front), some petrol and almond, unripe green plums, toasted bread, citrus, good acidity in the middle, the finish shows age.
Not a great success for me, lacks fruit on the palate, but has the acidity to last a while longer. Maybe it is in a closed stage, or needs to be open even longer.
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11/1/2014 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:
Still on the young side. While there is terrific pedigree here, the wine really never full opened. While the color was gorgeous, both the bouquet and palate were a bit muted. Day two, the wine had only opened a tad bit more. Based on the notes of others, this may have been an off bottle.
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10/19/2014 - nortonnose wrote:
NR. Seemed flawed upon opening, but many hours later, it had recovered and filled in to being "okay." Jury remains out. Still too young? Slight petrol on the nose, with a hint of sweetness. Incredibly tart green apple on the palate. Will wait 2+ yrs to open the next one.
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10/12/2014 - depechemoroder Likes this wine: 90 Points
The perfume of this was much stronger than the 2002. The initial palate also a bit more forward, though the age is evident. Lots of petrol, orange peel, honeysuckle, kaffir lime, lemon curd, the faintest hint of darjeeling. Nice unctuous mouthfeel, complex aged and candied citrus akin to marmalade and lemon curd, with a darjeeling/delicate oolong back palate rounding things off. There is still acidity here, but it's starting to fade and the finish is a bit short. Best to drink up, but a very enjoyable drink it is.
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10/1/2014 - Paul D wrote: 93 Points
Bright, pale/medium gold. Nose is attractive, mature, aromatic - ripe apple, mango, minerally, plenty of freshness to this still. Medium bodied, dry, ripe apple, some kerosene coming through, oily texture, tropical fruits, broadens out to an extended creamy, yet fresh and minerally finish. Excellent and drinking beautifully. Held up quite well on night 2 too.
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9/22/2014 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 93 Points
Bright mid gold colour.
Gorgeous nose. Lots of precise minerality with some almost tropical fruit characters with hints of marmalade.
Big, open palate. Bone dry with a searing minerality. Feels slightly more advanced than I'd expected, with some clearly mature character in the mouth. As well as the minerality and a firm acidity, there is some good, slightly honeyed orchard fruits. Absolutely enormous length.
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9/14/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Black tea. Not as dense as it has been, really the first time it has shown a bit more airiness. Dry, powerful, bracing acidity and fantastic minerality, but at the same time, some tenderness that has not been there previously. Absolutely classic, still very fresh. This bottle wanted to make me shout "Hallelujah!"; after drinking a case of this, this is the first time I've gotten the sense that it has turned the corner toward maturity. Fortunately, I have never experienced the oxidation that others have noted.
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9/11/2014 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
my previous note applies, this seemed to have more "aged" character to it, but not in a detrimental way, very nice, given the drier character i think this works well for those who would turn their nose up (too bad for them) at good German riesling, this wine definitely can be drunk without food, i suspect drinking these now/over next 2-3 years is a good idea
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9/2/2014 - DaleW wrote:
On the one hand I quite enjoyed this- dry yet with sweet pit fruit flavors, citrus, a touch of petrol. But this was more advanced than I expected, and this particular bottle I'd call fully mature- scary. B+?
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8/31/2014 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 93 Points
Smoky petrol on nose. Still fresh and vibrant, with a solid backbone of acidity. A bit riper fruit than many Trimbach,- this was advantageous given it's pairing with spicy basil chicken. Delicious stuff, one if my favorite Rieslings if the year.
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8/25/2014 - coremill wrote: flawed
Quite advanced, rather buttery and creamy, a little nutty. There's still some cool kiwi/tropical fruit and some backpalate minerality but it's gotten slightly bitter. Drinkable but not correct.
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8/1/2014 - UTPK wrote:
Best bottle so far. Seems to have come out of its dumb phase. Lovely light gold colour with a beautiful shine to it. Lifted and very lively nose of maturing riesling, aka petrol, sweet ripe yellow plums, some flowers. On the palate much more full bodied than two years ago. Perfect symmetry and balance. This is impossible not to drink. So fresh and lively and at the same time mature.
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7/26/2014 - Tenuta Stefan wrote: 88 Points
Finally an ok bottle!
Slightly amber.
Good bouquet offering petroleum, marzipan, peaches, citrus, honey and crushed stone.
Nice mouthfill, but I would like a bit more acidity and mineral. Nice flavours of apricots, peaches, black tea, and a hint of crushed sea shells and honey. Ok texture, but I would like to have a bit more of a backbone in this wine. A bit fat but still flat. Strange wine, but still quite good.
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7/26/2014 - Tenuta Stefan wrote: flawed
Badly corked!
My friend who opened this bottle says that 5 out of 8 from his case have been corked. Shame, shame, shame, Trimbach!
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7/3/2014 - canan wrote: 93 Points
BYO (Famo Metro): Lovely floral nose.
Elegant flavors with a long impressive and acidity aftertaste.
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7/1/2014 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune & Cuvee Frederic Emile Vertical with James Handford MW (Handford Wines, London): Light gold in colour. Light mineral, light caramel touch, light “petrolly” feel on the nose. Feels young and sharp on the palate and needs time for the acidity to round and get a polished feel. Has a bitter edge on the finish. Light feel of some residual sugar on the palate. Full of promise but a touch unpolished at this stage. 90
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7/1/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points
Straw-yellow in colour, hints of petrol, some tart apples, lime, spices. On the palate soft and round, ripe acidity, very long. Drinking well, but no rush. 90-92
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6/23/2014 - fitzi wrote:
Advanced maturity. Okay as dinner wine the first night, okay as an aperitif the second. Not holding mine longer, except in magnum.
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6/3/2014 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
Anita's Fortieth (Rochelle Canteen): Magnum. Very rich on the nose. A touch of vanilla. Dry with lots of grip and extracts very dry and long. Needs time. Lime tang finish. Will be super. ***(*1\2)
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6/2/2014 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
Cole's bday dinner, i thought this was very good, many who had experienced Germain reisling couldn't get it ("no fruit?" "no sweetness?"), i thought it had a great lanolin / rubber raft thing going on alongside the nice minerals and subtle fruit, not sure how another fiver years will do for this wine?
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6/1/2014 - kevin h wrote: 92 Points
This bottle tasted ready. Mineral nose with citrus and lemon zest. Yellow colour, great precision, lemon fruit and pith. Rounded with age, this has broadened out since last year.
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3/15/2014 - johneagle Likes this wine: 88 Points
Far from the greatest - a little flat. Pleasant but not earthshattering. A bit closed in - should i have decanted it, perhaps?
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3/15/2014 - Highmountain wrote: 79 Points
Deep yellow color. Fantastic nose with petroleum, citrus and minerality. Unfortunately the acid is no longer there. Short and flat. You can still feel that there is a good structure there but it doesn't help when the backbone acidity is gone. A pity. Had the same wine three months ago and that bottle was alive and kicking.
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2/1/2014 - bunhiong wrote:
Better than last bottle, still suspect premature oxidation
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1/3/2014 - Biggsy wrote: flawed
The nose is chalky and lime scented, sometimes a little tropical. It's also got the lightest hint of TCA. Quite full of flavour on the entry with really searing acidity and a pithy orange character. Really feels quite flat on the back of the palate and falls away on the finish as the TCA character returns. A shame, it's really good under there.
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12/31/2013 - Highmountain Likes this wine: 92 Points
Extraordinary wine! Took a while for the nose to develop but after a while it opened up with petroleum, minerals and citrus. A 12 year old wine in full vigor. Fantastic structure and balance. Long finish.
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12/28/2013 - mwanasheria wrote: 92 Points
From .375. I liked this a lot more than a couple of years ago. Minerals, quince, grapefruit, nice bitterness, petrol.
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11/26/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Tis the Season-Another Wedding Dinner (Range, San Francisco): Magnum (and a beautiful one at that). Light yellow. Surprisingly developed aromatically compared to the last time I had this with a full dose of petrol. Medium weight but great dry extract and intensity, and as before, no shortage of acidity. Like a primordial mix of all that is good in a bone dry Riesling, very difficult to pick out individual fruit elements. Our host opined that paradoxically, this was more open than recent bottles out of smaller formats; on the nose this was true, but by the end of the bottle, this was still pretty tight and relatively closed on the palate. Let's just say that there is still no rush to broach this all time classic.
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11/24/2013 - joe d wrote: 90 Points
Fantastic. My best bottle of six.
Some petrol on the nose, blew off quickly. Great balance between citric acidity and richer, lower-toned flavors. Did I mention the balance?
My discrete CT scale: 95-extraordinary; 90-very good; 85-good; 80-fair/OK; 75-poor
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11/14/2013 - Argrath wrote: 89 Points
Powerful, open, mature nose. Much petroleum with good depth. Typical honey-apple aromas. Nice elegant touch of orange and citrus. This is good if you try to overlook the petrol.
Full body, powerful palate, some sturdiness to it. Apples, oranges, spices and petroleum (40% on my petrol scale). Mighty mid-palate, but shorter finish. Now lacking some grip.
Tasted blind, our first guess was Alsace Riesling, maybe Deiss. We were pleasantly surprised since Trimbach had dissapointed us a few months earlier. This is good, but too much petrol for our current taste. That is mirrored in the marks...
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11/10/2013 - Comte Flaneur wrote: 93 Points
Light colour, minerals and slate, taut but refined and sophisticated. Lemon spine with lime trees and some gunpowder and petrol notes. A super wine, with superb tension and not an ounce of fat.
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10/26/2013 - Barry Rothof wrote:
Powerful, with citrus, ripe white fruit and minerals, classic and still youthful.
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9/29/2013 - bunhiong wrote:
Condition is way better than earlier bottle, still, I cannot shake off this uncomfortable feeling of premature oxidation. the usual steely backbone is somewhat missing though this is mitigated by a beautiful complexity. would refrain from storing too long
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9/12/2013 - kevin h wrote: 91 Points
Like razor blades at first but it softened a little. Lemon pith and fruit all the way. Very mineral.
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8/31/2013 - Butty wrote: 95 Points
Very, very good. The nose is spot on - petrol, spice, citrus, ripe, ripe white fruit, minerals, even gunpowder. The nose is so rich it would suggest a medium sweet wine - but the wine is bone dry and well balanced. It improved with air - no hurry to drink but really great now. Very enjoyable.
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8/20/2013 - Rieslingfan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Another bottle opened too soon, but better that than too late. This one was tighter than one opened in early 2013, showig a much stonier, more acidic character, with very focused, tart lemony fruit. Overall it was something like to a razor blade studded rock doused in lemon juice! Invigorating if you like that sort of thing.
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8/17/2013 - ckinv368 wrote: flawed
Unfortunately bottle was badly maderized and flawed.
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7/17/2013 - kleng wrote: flawed
Premoxed.
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7/5/2013 - fitzi wrote:
Drank my last two 375s over the long weekend. First was well-advanced, the second was slightly maderized. Still a decent tipple, but not what you look for in a CFE. Hope the 750s and 1500s are better long-distance runners.
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6/20/2013 - asgerG wrote: 91 Points
PnP. Yellow-golden. Mature mineral driven Riesling nose with kerosene notes behind. Racy harmonious taste, fine acidity, good intensity, long finish. Drink now - 2015. To be enjoyed with food.
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6/18/2013 - Biglama Likes this wine: 92 Points
gele kleur, licht wat gout de petrol, mineraal, fruitig, gele appel, mooie geouderde wijn, karakteristiek , mooie Elzasserer
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6/7/2013 - tthomas Likes this wine:
From a 375. Light straw color. Aroma of white fruit, citrus, flowers and a hint of nuts. Starting to round out a bit from what it was 4 or 5 years ago, but still nicely focused tart fruit, acid and minerals. Lingering finish. Alsatian riesling is just so taut, focused and enjoyable. I always like these but seem to reach for white burgs, chablis or Loire. Don't know why I don't pull these from the cellar more often. One more 375 left and I think I'll open it along side a 750 next.
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5/27/2013 - fitzi wrote:
Lovely from 375. When these bottles aren't advanced in their aging, the wine is sumptuous: lean, tangy, medium-bodied, savory, balanced. A charmer.
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5/20/2013 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Another fantastic bottle of this. Equal parts fruit and stone, so vividly mineral, piercingly sharp and acidic yet impeccably balanced with such purity and length.
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5/5/2013 - fitzi wrote: flawed
Corked.
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4/23/2013 - ctbob wrote:
Not nearly as good as the last bottle a few months ago, and both were stored under the same fine conditions. This one didn't have the structure -- too soft and flabby. Still enjoyable, but the not the delight the previous one was.
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4/12/2013 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 Points
Pale yellow. Nose of green grapes, candied lemon zest, kiwi, a hint of petrol. First notes of green and yellow fruits -- pears, green apple, some lemon & lime. Green grapes and candied lemons linger. Wine is nice -- still needs time in bottle (and this is was a half bottle).
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4/1/2013 - dbkitc wrote: flawed
Ever so slightly corked....
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3/27/2013 - kleng wrote: 92 Points
Finally a clean bottle of this wine. Last couple bottles were flawed with not a nice note of petrol, but an overwhelming stench of gasoline that rendered it undrinkable. This is lovely though, clean and pure with peach and lemon and some nice secondary notes. Classy stuff.
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3/15/2013 - fitzi wrote:
This half also seemed a bit thin and advanced. I'll continue to hold the bigger bottles, and drink through the halves.
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3/14/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light to medium yellow. Lemon and herbs with a touch of petrol. Fairly light with just a thin veneer of more flesh. Papaya, mouthtwistingly strong acidity and fantastic back end rockiness. An understatement to call this dry. Powerful, classic and still incredibly youthful. This seems to be going the way of the 1979, which is to say nowhere fast. That wine was still going strong at nearly 30 years of age. I've been checking in on bottles every year, but at this point, it makes most sense to give it a break and resume drinking these after 2017 or so.
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3/4/2013 - fitzi wrote:
Okay, but advanced. We are drinking up our 375s fairly rapidly now.
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2/16/2013 - btock Likes this wine: 93 Points
The real deal. Laser focus, precise and in control. Big impression on the nose and first sip. Heady petrol, minerality and undertones of stone fruit. We parked a glass for about 90 min and revisited at the end of the meal. Air helped it lighten/loosen a bit and the aroma was meaningfully different. It had almost slipped into a chablis type profile (light citrus/lemon), which surprised me. Very engaging, I'd say hold for at least 3-5yrs, this will get interesting.
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2/3/2013 - Rieslingfan Likes this wine: 93 Points
I opened this to check on the condition of a bottle, after reading of less that positive experiences. Well this is indeed a positive experience! Loads of lemons and crushed stones dominate the wine, and the backbone is virtually unyielding. It's delicious in a masochistic way - expressing the innermost depths of riesling's cutting nature. Drink now if you enjoy having cold cutlery run across your chest, or hold if you prefer something a little less adventurous from your wine.
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2/2/2013 - indiscriminate palate wrote: 93 Points
A sharp sheet of steel and piercing acidity, unapologetically austere and bone dry. Lemon and crushed stone on the nose. Painful acidity on the attack that lingers for minutes. A masterclass in precision. Part enjoyment, part pain, part enjoyable pain. Medium body, bit of creaminess, lemon, pear, and stone. With hours and hours of air, becomes a little more approachable, and slightly less punishing. I usually don't get any joy from CFE as I find it austere just for the sake of it, but this vintage is quite enjoyable, in a bed-of-needles sort of way.
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2/2/2013 - salil wrote: 92 Points
Was concerned after seeing some comments about premoxed bottles of the '01 CFE, but this bottle is in great shape. Whatever fruit is here is in the background, and it's all about a vividly steely and stony mineral expression with gentler herbal and savoury accents. Fantastic precision, vibrancy and depth, and drinking wonderfully right now.
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2/2/2013 - fitzi wrote:
From half bottles: the first one was dead, oxidized. The second teetering on the brink. Decent intensity and complexity, a bit of caramel, fairly heavy, viscous texture. Reasonably good with scampi and noodles. Drink up from this format.
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2/2/2013 - chbeaumont wrote: 92 Points
This is splendid right now; lovely texture, balance & grace. Definitive dry Riesling.
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1/9/2013 - johneagle Likes this wine: 89 Points
Tasted before purchase. Very long indeed but a bit closed. That evening, opened two bottles at 1830 and drank at 2000. Not a lot of petrol, and the fruit closed in still. I will drink the rest quite soon but i dont think that there is any hurry. Not enormous but a very good drink at £25 for the mature wine
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12/27/2012 - ctbob Likes this wine:
This bottle was completely ready as soon as the cork came out. The austerity of youth is completely gone, and there is richness and depth in its place. On the undrinkable/drinkable/tasty scale, this is tasty. Will drink my last bottle soon.
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12/25/2012 - PC73 wrote: 91 Points
Lovely rich golden colour. Classic petroleum nose. Hint of sweetness but also good acidity. Hint of bitter or dryness on the finish, perhaps coming to end of optimal drinking age?
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11/22/2012 - aajder wrote: 90 Points
From 375. Good color. The nose is a bit reserved; showing aromas of citrus peel, minerals, white flowers and a hint of honey. This is medium light bodied on the palate with very good concentration and excellent class. The fairly long finish features a resounding mineral element and good acid cut.
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11/16/2012 - Argrath wrote: 89 Points
Quite backward classic Riesling nose.
Pure, quite full, ultra-dry palate. Austere with a sharp acidity. On second thought it is not as powerful as some other Tr CFE we have tasted. But it has some elegance to it. Seems quite young, but doesn't it lack some fruit to grow with further cellaring? Petroleum-wise it was about 20%, which is nice.
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11/11/2012 - bunhiong wrote:
hopefully a case of bottle variation, slight oxidation detected, premature ageing ?
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10/12/2012 - joe d wrote: flawed
Disappointing. I'm pretty sure there was low-level TCA here. Nose was muted with a little petrol but not much else showing. The wine was drinkable but did not have the intensity of prior bottles. Some mold and blue/gray discoloration on the cork.
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8/28/2012 - Wrighty Likes this wine: 93 Points
This just keeps getting better! This now seems fully integrated with a lovely balance between the mineral elements and stone fruits!
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8/12/2012 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 95 Points
WOTD.....Creamy melon, banana skin, star fruit....totally savory with a bright beem of lemon citrus acidity, and crushed limestone.....razor sharp, yet plushed up nicely with some time and warmth. Killer petrol nose, yet not so much in the mouth....SO well balanced, not a thing out of place. I could haved sipped on this all day!
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8/11/2012 - darvid wrote:
I've enjoyed many, many bottles of this wine (and the 2000 vintage) and it keeps going strong. Just a little note to say that I opened a bottle on Wednesday night, sipped a glass while making dinner, stuck some inert gas and a cork in the bottle, put it in the fridge and forgot about it until late Saturday night - at which point it was magnificent - stony minerality and perfectly focused acid, as usual, but an extra dimension had appeared in its compelling, succulent fruit. Wow.
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8/9/2012 - Mistress of Wine wrote:
Pale yellow. Highly aromatic wine with lime, minerals and a touch of petrol. There is a whiff of flower and fruit on the palate. Great focus and finish. Not yet mature but oh so good. We had this blinded side by side with the 2002 and this was the clear winner. In a year or two will do the blind tasting with the 2001 Clos St. Hune and the Fred Emile 375th anniversary wine
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7/27/2012 - Finare Vinare wrote:
Mr & Mrs Vinosapien visit FV (Falsterbo): What a disappointment! Pretty dirty/murky nose, blue-print old-school Alsace, well developed with kerosene, old barrels and hints of grey rot among ripe grapefruit with some dill and vanilla. Taste is bone-dry and powerful but sadly austere with disturbing bitterness and no focus to the sour acidity. No joy in drinking this wine, and it's totally floored by Bürklin-Wolf's 01 Kalkofen GC and Breuer's 06 Berg Schlossberg. Though we can't find any obvious TCA, something has to be the matter with this particular bottle. Anyway, we gotta admit the Trimbach house style doesn't seem to appeal to us anymore. 2-0 to Germany.
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7/9/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Another absolutely "wow" bottle of this. Little maturity on the nose. Green papaya, fantastic acidity and minerality, and the essence of dry extract. This is like chewing a solid rather than drinking a wine. This must be as great as the Clos Ste. Hune-or maybe not??
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7/3/2012 - ovenmitt wrote: 93 Points
Dark golden. Nose smells like diesel and honey, mixed in with a field of wild clover, and wet slate. Tastes like you licked the can that was used to put fuel in that 18 wheel Kenworth again, with honey, and wet rocks to wash it back..... In a word, loved it! Still has plenty of life in front of it, but drinking really well right now.
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6/28/2012 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
Leon's Louis Remy Offline (The Medlar, London): Single blind. Tighter and more mineral on the nose. Shows more petrol character with aeration. Righter and more minerally on the palate. Brooding intensity but very precise and with fantastic line. Assume CSH. ****1/2
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6/9/2012 - WillersC wrote: flawed
Corked... Bummer
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4/27/2012 - grafstrb wrote:
Riesling & Curry Offline (Shimla Spice Restaurant in Keighley, UK): -- Audozed for 51 hours before tasting --
-- tasted a single pour non-blind over approx. one hour --
Nose was expressive, and typical of a dry Riesling: mostly petrol and lime on a mineral canvas. Medium-light bodied. Palate mirrors the Nose, with lots of petrol, lime, quinine, and mineral flavors; incredible zippy acid, but not tart; great precision; 13% alc. not noticeable; still holding a lot in reserve: this has not yet entered its prime drinking window --- and this is true despite the 2+ days of slow-ox this wine got before it was consumed. This is an exciting and complete wine. Any Riesling lover should be quite pleased to have some of this in their cellar. Although this can be pleasurably consumed now (case in point: tonight), it really should continue to lay in the cellar for a few more years: drink 2015 – 2026 (or beyond?). My WOTN, and probably the group’s #2, based on the comments at the table.
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4/21/2012 - PC73 wrote: 91 Points
As before. Very enjoyable.
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4/20/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Still relatively light. Complex aromatics of tea and herbs more than fruit with a dash of fusel. Medium weight, dry, high acid, combination of lemon and green papaya fruit, excellent intensity on the mineral finish. Beautiful and still evolving at a snail's pace.
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4/15/2012 - ecola Likes this wine: 89 Points
Lean and focused. Crisp and clean minerality with tropical fruit being pushed to the back. Drink now.
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4/8/2012 - PC73 wrote: 91 Points
As before. Really starting to blend together and mellow.
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3/21/2012 - cct wrote: 94 Points
TN from day 10. Honestly a bit awkward the first day or so. Bright golden with a beautiful perfumed, stony, green apple, citrus nose. Weightless and simultaneously very deep on the palate. Mouthwatering in nature, a perfectly chiseled and focused wine that in spite of its gem like clarity has a roundness and a creaminess to it. It has enough flesh to beautifully balance its structure. Huge minerality, marzipan, salt, and more rocks. This comes off as completely effortless. I could easily drink a bottle of this. A beautiful wine that is so much better day 10 than on the first day. A Great future. If you open one soon, don't be afraid to open it a week early. Well done! 94 pts
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2/28/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
A private lunch (Brasserie Côté Cour, Colmar): Lovely colour, has deepened a bit; wonderful bouquet of lemon curd, waxy bottle age and spicy minerals, deep, fresh and intense; on the palate beautifully linear, wonderfully energetic, a coiled spring, lip-smacking acidity; outstanding length. A great FE that will easily last another ten years.
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2/19/2012 - St Paul wrote: 91 Points
Very nice and elegant.
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2/18/2012 - PC73 wrote: 91 Points
Real golden in colour. Oily petrol on the nose. Floral and fragrant notes as well.
Mineral, crisp green apple on the palate. Long finish.
Overall clean, crisp And well balanced. There is minimal sweetness to this wine.
Drinks well with spicy foods.
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2/9/2012 - tbone wrote:
Medium yellow. Petrol and a little rubber, nutty, apple pie aromas. Initially a little dry but after 45 minutes became rather oily, stony and a little sherry on palate. Actually quite enjoyable at the moment.
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2/4/2012 - BillB656 wrote:
Way young but wow, this is delightful. Bright, bright, bright, lots of depth of minerality, lengthy
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1/10/2012 - Billigan wrote: 90 Points
I kept wanting to love this wine but never felt the rapture. Yes, it was a rich mineral bath in the mouth, but too tight on the nose (despite copious air time), and the lean, austere, lemon-mineral mouthfeel pretty much dominated the whole experience. Damn shame, too, as I went in with high expectations.
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12/24/2011 - Faryan wrote: 93 Points
Out of 375mL. Double decanted for 5 hours and consumed over dinner. When I first decanted the wine the color was a touch advanced but it came to life with air. Really an outstanding showing after having a super tight bottle a year ago (popped and poured).
Lovely nose of creamy lychees with honeysuckle and lanolin. It is in superb balance but also has great slateyness which lets you know how the palate will show. On the mouth, it's razor sharp with reticent fruit which began to develop more with time in the glass. The wine has serious acidity and could likely use another 5 years of bottle age to begin to reach optimal drinking. A fantastic frederic emile.
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12/19/2011 - Winevestor wrote: 88 Points
A disappointing wine. Looking at the other TNs what am I missing. I've been drinking a number of German dry Rieslings recently and this doesn't fair well in comparison. Petrol and tart lemon on the nose. Good acidity, more lemon and a little grapefruit. Not much complexity. I have a couple more bottles; I wonder if this is a duff one.
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11/20/2011 - psmith wrote: flawed
From 375mL. Cider and musty notes. Clearly some oxidation. Not enjoyable.
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11/14/2011 - amgryger wrote:
NY/NJ Offline at Ciano (Ciano, NYC): Medium dark gold color. Aromatics of orange peel, sugar, peach and hints of apple on the nose, almost suggestive of a sweet wine though it's completely dry. Smooth, slightly oily mouthfeel, medium high acidity and tons of mineralogy on the finish. Nice stuff.
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11/6/2011 - fitzi wrote:
From 375, surprisingly deep golden hue, but still youthful and somewhat closed. Almost sweet on opening, it relaxes progressively with air exposure, tantalizing with early hints of Riesling complexity and texture. Some grapefruit, lots of glycerol cushioning still, giving a sensation of richness. A nice bottle with pan-fried sole. The advanced coloration concerns me a bit.
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11/4/2011 - Highmountain Likes this wine: 92 Points
Typical petroleum nose. Austere and absolutely dry. Closed in the beginning but opened up with air and temperature. Next bottle will be decanted. This wine needs some air to show its best. High class Riesling.
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10/28/2011 - honest bob wrote: 90 Points
From 37,5 cl, popped and enjoyed over an hour. Musty, possibly oxidized, cellar/old oak barrel smell (is it flawed or is this intentional? I remember something similar from a lovely 75cl FE 1995 of impeccable provenance...) not letting anything else through on the nose. Entry like a mixture of sharp young bone-dry Mosel, Fino sherry and very very dry oaked Viura, but suddenly this opens up - with a massive crescendo - to a rolling mineral, acidic, mouth-watering, creamy, gorgeous, long... longer... longest finish. I suspect this bottle isn't in prime condition: the nose and entry would only merit 85-6P, but the finish is garganuan, Hollywoodesque, emotional, on the borderline to greatness. This bottle, today? 90P; but I can fully understand the 92-95P ratings other CT TNs have been recording.
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10/23/2011 - acidqueen wrote: 95 Points
Medium golden color. Lots of petrol on the nose. The color of this wine is deceiving, since the wine itself tastes so young still. Bone dry, lots of acidity and minerals. Flavors of citrus and stone. Will be interesting to see how this opens up after a day in the opened botte. Great wine, and we enjoyed it with a richer dish (pork in pomegranate cream sauce) where the brightness of the wine was a wonderful counterpoint.
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10/17/2011 - jorge48 wrote: 91 Points
Aerated and decanted for two hours. Tasted with shoulder of pork. Lovely citric aromas, almost sauternes-like botrytis. What follows is a fruited, though slightly, austere palate.
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10/8/2011 - pbjosh wrote:
Concentrated with tons of character, minerality, depth, richness. Palpable mouthweight in a very silky, stoney way. Tremendous acidity but not the least shrill, a very suave palate and a long, gentle finish. Low in alc and low in RS. On the upside with a long ways to go, great bottle.
For the geeks, 12.9% abv, pH 3.1, TA 8.2, RS 5g/l
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10/6/2011 - Didman wrote: 89 Points
Nice, but not as much depth as I expected.
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9/23/2011 - salil wrote: flawed
Another corked bottle. FFS.
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9/14/2011 - salil wrote: flawed
Corked.
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9/14/2011 - chastelaine wrote: 92 Points
Exceeded my (already high) expectations. Golden, potent, stylish with acidity contained to make a fairly ripe finish, but still a long way to go before it reaches the real heights.
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8/26/2011 - Brian Kennedy Likes this wine: 93 Points
stunning. no formal notes, but stones, citrus, with some wax and petrol poking through. this is going to get better and better.
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8/23/2011 - BradKNYC wrote:
TN: Another Tuesday Supper Club dinner at Christine's. (Christine's): Another lovely showing, though perhaps a bit less effusive and with a little less depth than the last couple of showings. Fresh on the nose and palate with lime flavors and aromas leading the way. Hints of stone fruits along with the omnipresent minerality are along for the ride. The finish is a little shorter than in other bottles I've had and it just seems this bottle is a little shy. A-.
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8/19/2011 - Highmountain Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep golden yellow color. Great nose with petrol, citrus and minerals. Concentrated, totally dry with lots minerals, enormous freshness and perfectly balanced acidity. Long aftertaste with almost a slightly creamy finish. An excellent Riesling that just started to bloom. Probably best together with food.
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8/17/2011 - bigwineguy420 wrote: 91 Points
Michael Whitehead Bon Voyage PDH. Another Rocking bottle! Intense deep golden in color. Dense nose of mineral, petrol, and pineapple. On the palate, really crisp clean lemon/pineapple fruit notes with a long midpalate and a soft, creamy finish. Great stuff.
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7/28/2011 - Finare Vinare wrote: flawed
Badly corked
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7/23/2011 - DaleW wrote:
Pretty accessible from 375, again citrus (grapefruit and lemon), strong acids, but softened by a ripe apple note and a sense of opulence. Some faint petrol notes, something a little exotic (kaffir lime leaf), but mostly about a nice marriage of fruit and acids. Quite long. A-
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7/19/2011 - MLD70 wrote: 90 Points
Pop and pour from 375ml, and absolutely crazy tight and acidic right now, with only hints of the fruit which i am sure will come out with more age, air, or both. On this evening it was all acid, rocks, and citrus but scoring higher than that given potential.
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7/19/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Whoo-dry, lean, lemony and steely. This has really tightened up yet is showing no secondary aromatics yet. Essence of Trimbach. A bottle like this argues strongly for patience and holding for at least a few more years.
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6/18/2011 - cct wrote: 94 Points
First time since release I have had this. The first night, this seemed a little perturbed I interrupted its adolescent sleep. Hugely bright acid, citrus, and tons of stoniness, great clarity, but a little angst hidden behind its pure, laser sharp flavors. On day three, it was still brilliantly acidic and fresh with even more precision and clarity. Lithe and deft, there is mouthwatering freshness, acidity and stoniness melded with citrus and white flowers, all of this with an almost illogical creaminess that is a great foil to the stoniness and almost razor sharp edges of the first night. For me, this is still way too young for peak enjoyment, and while it is truly outstanding, I think this will be light years better in 10 years. A wine to find and cellar. Beautiful. 91 pts day one, 94pts day three.
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6/5/2011 - kevin h wrote: 91 Points
The first from a half case. Dry minerally and lemon scented wine. Lots of one-dimensional minerally lemon fruit. Impressive but very young still. Age should add complexity. Can be drunk but better to hold for a few years.
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5/17/2011 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Super, laser-like Riesling. Grew with air and became more integrated – after 4 hours, everything was at peak. A great food wine that shows super balance. (93)
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4/30/2011 - Paul D wrote: 92 Points
Medium straw, hints of pale gold. Attractive, fairly developed, petrolly nose, with notes of apple, exotic fruit and spice. Medium bodied on the palate, but with a lovely plump, oily texture, intense apple, lime and mango fruit on the mid-palate, notes of petrol and a long, crisp, tangy finish. Excellent.
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4/23/2011 - limule wrote: 92 Points
Jojo /ET départ voyage en chine. excellent
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4/23/2011 - czar33 wrote: 87 Points
Plutôt minéral, un nez assez puissant (fleurs, beurre?), encore pas mal d'acidité mais ça se calme à l'aération. Pas particulièrement subtil, au contraire, un peu monolithique. À ce prix, je suis déçu. À revoir dans 5-6 ans je dirais.
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4/14/2011 - coremill wrote: 91 Points
I think I liked this quite a bit more than anyone else did. Slow-oxed for about an hour or so, than drank over the course of 3 hours. Wonderfully complex nose. The most prominent fruit aromas were lime and kiwi, but I also noticed lemon, honeydew, pear, and maybe green apple, plus lots of other weird stuff -- a bit of clove, some freshly cut grass, lots of rocks. On the palate this is a bit austere and dominated by the acid structure, but there is great intensity to the lime/lemon/kiwi fruit, with loads of minerality. There's an almost powdery texture here, I think the term is dry extract? Great length on the finish. Wonderful with food. I like it now, but I could only see this getting better with more age as the acid softens a bit.
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3/26/2011 - psmith wrote:
From 375mL. Mineral, with some cider notes. Lots of petrol. Pear. Enjoyable, but ready.
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3/21/2011 - aajder wrote: flawed
Oxidized
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3/12/2011 - psmith wrote:
From 375mL. Better than my last bottle. All petrol, mineral, and lime notes. Some cider edges. A bit flabby. Classy, but not the best vintage of this.
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3/12/2011 - beezer6 wrote: 92 Points
Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Petrol, honey, vanilla on the nose. Tons of rock and minerals. Slate. So much gas and rubber cement qualities.
The palate is high in acid and shows some strong slatey flavors that I love. Really nice. Not sweet. Pear and light spice.
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3/3/2011 - Mingmong wrote: 92 Points
Welcome home Kelvin (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck): Mangoes and green apples on the nose. Very mineral, rich and supple acidity, honey coated green apples, elegant and wonderful finish.
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3/3/2011 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Welcome Back Kelvin (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Absolutely brilliant stuff. I was very impressed by the last bottle I had, but that felt a bit tight. This was decanted and chilled half-an-hour before dinner, which really gave the wine time to come out and play. Still young for sure, but boy was it ever showing nicely. In true Trimbach fashion, the nose, though attractive, was always subtle, even reserved, with light scents of petrol, green mangoes, sweet green apples, some light honey tones, floral hints, a bit of smoky mineral and seashell and some mushroomy earth. Lovely subtle scents that opened up slowly with time and unfolded one after another in a great show of gentle complexity. However, for all that, it was the palate that really knocked my socks off. It clearly had tons of weight and substance - this much was obvious from the very first sip. However, it was so sublimely balanced that it came across as lithe, supple, almost effortlessly graceful. Here rich flavours of white fruit shading into yellow tones, lovely ripe apples and pears and citrus lime accents were underlined by beautiful minerality. The finish, like every other part of the wine, was impeccable. Gentle, subtle, yet so long, gliding away with a graceful show of fruit and a bittersweet twist of wet stone that hung persistently at the back of the mouth. Paired with some fried appetisers, the wine took on yet another dimension, showing just a teasing touch of fruitiness around the mid-palate. This was restrained but brilliant; super complex but subtle. Yet for all this, one got a feel that we were only peeking at the wine's potential greatness. A great wine from a great vintage, I can only imagine how good it will be in 10 years' time. The first of three lovely white wines on show, this really started off the dinner with a bang.
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3/3/2011 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Very well structured and balanced immediately. Complexly structured with minerals , lime, schist , green apples, fennel, hints of mangoes. finish a bit fino-ish. Lovely dry finish. Very mineral! Excellent balance. This wine has built on quite a bit of complexity. I think this will gp for another 10 years at least.
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3/1/2011 - KC Bloodlines wrote: 95 Points
This was something else. Super layered, great complexity, loaded with lavender and honeysuckle. Overwhelmingly floral. Beautiful texture. Rich and smoky on the palate.
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2/21/2011 - Gargantua wrote: 91 Points
(from a half) Celery, peach fuzz, apricot, lime, clean laundry, and just a touch of Alsatian Band-Aids. Nice chalky minerally wine with a pretty Alsatian nose. Nice leesy corn finish at the end of the glass. Second half bottle was far more malic green apple.
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2/7/2011 - pizzler wrote: 93 Points
Had this in magnum at a tasting with Jean Trimbach. Very balanced and precise, The nose was enticing and sweeter than the wine itself...candied lemons. The taste was of lemon and limestone. It was still showing very young.
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1/29/2011 - mouton45 wrote: 90 Points
Last bottle. Not as good as previous bottles
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1/24/2011 - DaleW wrote:
(Half bottle) More open than a recent 750. Clean, steely, clear spine of acidity. Apple, citrus, petrol. Long finish. A-
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12/22/2010 - BradKNYC wrote:
Mostly tasty wines with Christine's shabu shabu. (Christine's): Wow! This is the best showing of this wine to date. It’s showing younger and fresher than a number of other bottles I’ve had, with brilliant pear and citrus fruit that’s abundant and rather exuberant. The mineral is there in spades, but what makes this showing so brilliant is the tsunami like persistence across the palate. The wine just seems to grow and grow and then lasts endlessly. Still young, but the integration and balance of this bottle is wonderful. Low A.
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12/14/2010 - Faryan wrote:
Clos Vougeot Dinner (Lavandou): Young young too young. Was almost hard to enjoy. Massive structure, heavy slate stone, petrol, edgy and angular. Didn't mellow much. Bury for at least 5 years.
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11/25/2010 - mouton45 wrote: 91 Points
Good accompaniment with pork
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11/18/2010 - Wrighty wrote: 93 Points
Went too quickly. Starting to show petrol notes and the edge has mellowed. Lovely, lovely wine. Should get more
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11/13/2010 - indiscriminate palate wrote:
Berserkfest weekend (Very brief notes over sushi): Quite nice, with a slight tinny note that I found very distracting.
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11/13/2010 - salil wrote: 92 Points
This one's all about precision. Very primary right now with steely and stony mineral notes wrapped around a core of pear and white fruited flavours, but there's tremendous acidity and focus to the flavours and it feels incredibly young and precise. Certainly very enjoyable right now, but it gives the sense that there's so much in reserve and my impression is that it'll be a lot more fun to open in the future.
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10/29/2010 - psmith wrote:
From 375mL. Petrol notes. Some ripe apple and cider. Yellow fruit palate - firm, medium bodied front, with a mineral finish. Unwinding nicely. Solid.
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10/25/2010 - rottcodd wrote: 91 Points
Good, interesting wine. Developed nicely over 2 days. No hurry to drink up.
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10/16/2010 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Cellar Raid: Riesling (Extra Space, Singapore): Excellent. Colour was still a youthful green-gold, but the nose was starting to show some lovely complexity. Lots of chalky mineral, earthy mushrooms, almost a little truffly here and there, plenty of deep honey scents, nectar and a healthy dose of petrol. Really attractive, but almost in a serious rather than playful way. Plenty of aged complexity was starting to show on the palate as. Just a little heat at the edges I thought, but this had lovely depth, fine balance and really nice flavours of kumquat, limes and some savoury earth tones, all underlined by a nice streak of stony mineral. This was dry all the way, a world of a difference from the other Alsace Riesling, which was a far fruitier Paul Blanck Furstentum. I think this wine just had that extra edge of precision and definition though. Some may find it a little austere, but it was just starting to integrate and open up nicely, and clearly has the good bones and well-knit flesh of a top vintage. While drinkable now, I would give it 3-4 more years in the bottle to make sure, and I think it will probably go on developing for a long time. Very nice, and would have been even better with a well-paired meal I think.
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8/16/2010 - mwanasheria wrote: 89 Points
Tightly knit, mineral, citrus, young.
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7/30/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:
Another periodic check in with an old friend. It has not really budged that much over the past few years. Lean, lemony, redolent of herbs and just a tad of secondary petrol. Taut and mouthwatering-I can still taste the minerals coating my tongue a half hour after I swallowed the last drop. Now that is persistence. Continued slow evolution of this outstanding wine.
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7/10/2010 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 Points
Light straw yellow. Nose opened to be a bit floral, citrus, light gardenia. Clean acid with lemon, lime, flint, limestone. Should continue to evolve.
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6/20/2010 - limule wrote: 90 Points
Dany , excellent, filet porc epice.
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6/8/2010 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points
Note from memory. Full, "wow" nose of petrol, crisp white fruit and minerality. Palate is medium bodied, awash with minerals and full of tension and verve. Long, effusive finish. Seems to have a long life ahead.
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6/7/2010 - rc@ughey Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very young still and tightly coiled. And yet, the breed and class couldn't be more obvious. Inviting nose of white fruits, citrus, and petrol lead to a middleweight, slightly viscous and strongly mineral palate. The fruit is intense but is held in check on all fronts by the minerals and a streak of acidity. Very dry. Some complexity is just beginning to emerge. I bet this doesn't really hit its stride for another decade, or more. But there's no shame in drinking this while it's on the upswing. Potential can be delicious. My score is conservative for what this may become.
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6/3/2010 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
This is one of those rare wines where you truly feel the geology of the land upon which the vines live (it may not be but I’m just trying to convey a bit of wanky imagery). It is however a wines of superb focus, precision and poise with the most wondrous, retrained aroma of smoky minerals, citrus blossom and slate. In the mouth it is rich yet each of the wine’s elements are in perfect harmony with each other resulting in a drink of near perfect balance. It has great line and superb cut.
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5/21/2010 - Björn Sesoselak wrote: 92 Points
Golden, slight green tone. Big nose, well dev. petrol, apricot, lemon and grapefruit. Smooth, high acid, mabye to high - need to air. Grapefruit bitter finish. Will go with a grilled anglerfish. Edit: Air much needed – all sharp acid gone. Balanced. Now at 92 pionts (from 88).
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5/1/2010 - markjanes wrote: 89 Points
Intense urine yellow on the rim... deeply colored. Aromatically quite intense with lime and lemon oil/rind in the foreground, plenty of stoney/chalky minerality, hints of buttered toast, no barrique notes. On the palate dry with wickedly high acidity, minimal phenloics, a firm midpalate, low etoh, no botrytis, no diacetyls. Good balance though a bit hard, average length, excellent intensity, good complexity, excellent finesse, fine but firm texture, great expression of place. This wine is drinking well though certainly has a long future ahead of it... it is excellent for its style though I can see people's hesitation with this wine... it is very hard on the palate.
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4/14/2010 - Mistress of Wine wrote:
From a half bottle. Thanks to Legal Seafood for featuring both the FE and CSH bottlings. 2004 was listed but to our surprise and pleasure 2001 appeared. First bottle was the kind of corked that educated diners and waiters who didn't know from corked. The second bottle was great. Pale yellow green. Aromas of lime, mineral, wet stone, verbena and faint petrol. Bone dry with great, long presence on the palate--reminded me of good homemade preserved lemons. This will be thrilling to taste over the many years of its life.
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4/10/2010 - limule wrote: 95 Points
Excellent Monique et serge souper Indien
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3/27/2010 - Terkel wrote: 92 Points
Light straw golden color. At first the nose is a bit tight with petrol and stones, but with some air it lets go of a more exciting and fruity profile with notes of white pears, pineapples and white flowers, while never letting go of its mineral-driven backbone. The taste stringent with a striking acidity, yet remains elegant and refined. Some pear and grapefruit on the attack, but the finish is dominated by minerals, primarily wet stones, and a bitter tartness. A bit backward now, but the potential is there for a great wine.
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3/26/2010 - ktrh Likes this wine: 85 Points
Vin-forum offline tasting (Norway, Trondheim): Immediately very open, with typical Alsatian characteristics. The fruit shuts a bit down after a while. Very pronounced acidic structure, lots of backbone but little flesh. Very mineral, nice finish.
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3/26/2010 - stiang wrote: 86 Points
Mørk gul, gylden. Tropiske frukter, våt skifer, petroleum på nesen. Fyldig, lang, litt varm finish. Lukket seg nokså raskt og gav lite etter 1 time i glasset.
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3/16/2010 - AZ Cat wrote:
(1) Drank with Jason, Leslie, Dennis & Bob. Palate was good (sort of some Lemon Pledge) with an amazingly long, tangy finish. I can’t image Riesling being much better than this.
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3/16/2010 - Wrighty wrote: 92 Points
An upgrade from a corked Donnhoff. An intense nose of wet slate and limes with hints of something else - what I don't know. Palate is showing a little more age, filling out, still has it's leanness but developing nicely. Great surprise for a Monday with an old friend and chinese at home.
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3/1/2010 - UTPK wrote:
Tasted in parallell with the 2000. Both wines were aromatically very similar, but the 2001 showed a bit more fruit and fullness. I was a bit disapponted with both wines, it was almost as if they had lost some fruit since last time I tasted them. I am a big fan of Trimbach and have tasted every vintage of the Emile from 1997 to 2004. Perhaps I, or the wines, just had an off-day...or perhaps it is more closed down than I had expected. The 2002 which I had some months ago was totally different with more fruit and forwardness. The elegant nose of Emile was there as usual, and the fresh acidity was there, it was "just" the fruit lacking, and it lead to an austere finish.
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2/20/2010 - hamadali wrote: 90 Points
Had it with a thai green curry. Great on it's own and then even better with the food. Drinking now doesn't seem to justify the cost, should let it develop as long as I can wait. Might have to buy more to keep because I doubt I'll be able to resist it. Limey and even slight pineapple taste, that mineral thing happening and perfect accompliment to food. Wasn't as good next night, must drink it all in one go in future.
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2/4/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Medium yellow. Starts with petrolly high tones but settles down to a fascinating melange of dried peach, citrus, papaya, smoke, herbs, and tea. Full and dry in the mouth with stunning palate presence and coverage. Acidity and soil explode late. This is coming along just fine, thank you.
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11/29/2009 - sdr wrote: 91 Points
Now this is more like it. While still somewhat delicate and austere, there's plenty of flavor interest in a grapefruit/nectarine/yellow plum profile. Good acidity. Gold color, but I think, or at least hope, more complexity will develop in time.
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11/22/2009 - pcwoz wrote: 91 Points
Great nose. Some petrol and citrus. Thought it could be OTT and rich. Actually it had loads of citrus and complex flavours and a great bust of freshness/acid that did not make it cloying at all. A very fine effort.
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10/23/2009 - limule wrote: 95 Points
Excellent
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10/20/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Light yellow. Wintergreen, papaya, and peach. Full bodied, not particularly acidic but with great finishing soil. Excellent.
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10/2/2009 - winegal001 wrote: 94 Points
Deep golden color for a wine this young; luscious with lots of complexity that opens up in layers as time goes on, acidity to keep a nice structure and finish that lasts forever...after one bottle, had to buy a case...
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9/13/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Trimbach Frederic Emile Retrospective--1979 to 2001 (Absinthe Restaurant, San Francisco): Pale. Floral, lime nose at first joined by blood orange, lemon drop, and later on, tea. Medium to light weight, powdery feel due to the acidity and minerality. Lemon fruit, explosive, and incredibly intense. Great potential. The most structured wine in this flight, and one gets the sense it will last forever. It bears a striking resemblance to the 1990 which came later.
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8/26/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Birthday Dinner for Hannah (Boulette's Larder, San Francisco): Similar light color to the Baumard. Lots of petrol already and completely different green papaya and lime tones. Lean with tremendous minerality. This made the Baumard seem like soda pop in comparison. Classic.
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8/10/2009 - don_quichotte wrote: 89 Points
pale yellow with hints of green, strikes me as relatively unevolved in appearance. Petroleum, citrus and grapefruit on the nose. Pretty intense and razor sharp. A bit too monodimensional for my liking, though doesn't fail to show its breeding. Needs more age?
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5/1/2009 - Highmountain wrote: 90 Points
Nice smell adn color. Directly after opened a little closed, opened up fter a while. Great riesling, although not as fantastic as expected. very g
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4/12/2009 - henrychinaski wrote: 90 Points
Possibly closed down. Slightly funk nose. Saline and honey. Yeasty. Lacked a bit of acidity and energy. Some minerality. Not really as exciting or enjoyable as this should be.
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4/4/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Nose now mostly ripe peach with a bit of lemon. This has continued to round out and become fleshier. The acidity and minerality were definitely more subdued compared to the last bottle 6 months ago. Long, full, and dry with a lower tone feel.
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3/12/2009 - SimonG wrote:
Caroline's bash (Windsor): Pale to mid yellow. Quite tight and mineraly nose with some lime and kerosine. Dense, viscous palate with a hint of vaseline and a mineral and lime, long, finish. Very good indeed and a mere babe. ****
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2/12/2009 - danstrings wrote: 89 Points
Petit Bistro Francois Keith -- Gorgeous aromatics of honeyed truffle and classic Alsace petrol. A bit sharp on the palate, in definite need of food to pair. But with food, a real nice wine.
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2/6/2009 - jtabor wrote:
killer sourness with a nose of rubber eraser
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1/18/2009 - sdr wrote: 87 Points
I liked the wine but after reading John Gilman's glowing review I was hoping for more intensity. Everything is in its right place; medium gold color, nice texture, totally dry, decent acids. But where is the minerality and cut of a fine Riesling from an excellent vintage? I don't think the structure is hiding behind the relative youth. Still, a very nice Riesling, very good for a basic and worth the relatively modest price ($36) but this is the flagship of the house, other than the great Clos St. Hune.
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1/18/2009 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points
Pinot Smackdown 2009 (Barrington IL, Wally's house): nose: very interesting that it shows as much smokiness as it does for such a young wine with lots of petrol, lemon peels, and bits of hazelnuts. Great depth on the nose
taste: excellent lighter feel with sharp acidity providing a good spine with tones of smoke, petrol, lemon peels and tart citrus tones. good feel that has a nice roundness to it
overall: seems more advanced then a 01 should be. Excellent depth and purity of flavors with some really nice racy acidity that keeps it together. A very enjoyable alsatian riesling that is really starting to drink
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11/30/2008 - Alex H wrote: 84 Points
Denise Annual Wine Fiesta (Duxton Hill): Nice kero showing. A very mineral focused effort with very mineral lithe. Touch of citrus but if not, wet mineral-lined quartz-limestones. An extremely dry wine.
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11/22/2008 - jlm wrote:
Tasted alongside the '02, this was the more friendly and open-knit bottle, with a good bit of fruit showing around the firm acidic spine. That said, it was also tight and way too young to be showing much development. Leave it alone for a long time.
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11/1/2008 - danstrings wrote: 90 Points
Left Bank MP Mark Cyn et al -- Classic Alsace with searing (yet refreshing) acidity and a touch of petrol. Not a lot of huge fans at the table, but a nice sleek Alsatian nonetheless.
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10/27/2008 - DaleW wrote:
Wow, this is young but yummy. Clean crisp pears with a dollop of ripe peaches, totally dry but with a impression of sweetness to the fruit. Wet stones, earth, a whiff of petrol. Medium-bodied but with a sense of strength. Good acidity, excellent length. A-/B+ with potential to be a truly great CFE.
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10/12/2008 - J Dogg wrote: flawed
I'm gettiing really sick of flawed bottles. Sour, vinegary taste. Wine seeped halfway up the cork.
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10/5/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Petrol and dried peach. Crisp but surprisingly approachable, in fact much more so than when last tasted almost a year ago. Outstanding even now.
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9/16/2008 - thomaslangberg wrote: 90 Points
Nice with fruits from lemon, grape, pears but far from mature. You can find some petrol if you think very much.. Save the rest a couple of years
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8/25/2008 - Rangstrom wrote: 92 Points
Peach, honey, white flowers, pear, lemon; an intoxicating nose that bloomed with three hours of air. Deep golden yellow. So much fruit that one starts to wonder about RS. A cleansing taste with decent acidity and a stoniness on the finish. Medium bodied. It will be fun to watch this one evolve in the cellar.
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8/24/2008 - PC73 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely wine.
Oily, petrol on the nose as well as floral and fragrant.
On the palate was green appel, good acidity, complex flavours.
Very clean and crisp, well balanced.
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8/10/2008 - wabi47 wrote: 89 Points
lean and stony; pear, faint hachiya persimmon (when it is not quite ripe) and some petrol and floral components; still a bit harsh, esp when it warms up a bit; lots of complexity, great acidity, nice potential
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7/31/2008 - Spencer wrote: 92 Points
Lean, mineral, balanced. Needs time.
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7/13/2008 - Tritium wrote:
I had this wine with a brunch entree of lightly cooked eggs, parmesan shavings and fresh made pesto over toast from a bakery loaf. This very rich dish was complemented by the flavor and intensity of the riesling cutting through to add another wonderful layer of taste to the meal. Highly recommended.
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6/22/2008 - peternelson wrote: 89 Points
EWG Yu Jean Kang’s: Not much nose; very light, but great a’s; very light yellow color; Hmmm.
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6/22/2008 - Miceri wrote:
Nice golden colour; slightly smokey
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5/19/2008 - uhclem wrote: 93 Points
This is what I love about Alsatian Rieslings. Lots of fruit, structure and a laser beam focused on my tongue.
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5/10/2008 - mmurry wrote: 91 Points
Warm Weather Wines (Farpointe Cellar): The nose had lots of stone and dirt, a little spice, and some apple and pear at the end. The palate was crisp, and had pear, citrus, minerals, and spice.
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5/9/2008 - chefee1 wrote: 92 Points
Green gold. Petrol, lime zest, wet stone, flowers and quince on the nose. Bone dry and penetrating on the palate with almost painful intensity. This is NOT about fruit, this is about Alsace terroir. The mineral and stone flavors come in waves and just don't quit. Acids are strong but totally buffered by the wines extract. The finish leaves an almost tannic impression of saline concentration. Not sure where this will go in the cellar but I would guess that 10 more years would not be out of he question...wow, this is good juice!
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4/3/2008 - curtispomeroy wrote: 91 Points
Wonderful nose. Very dry chalky finish. Will try to buy a couple more bottles and open them in several years.
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4/2/2008 - scamhi wrote:
My experience mirrors a taster below. First night I pulled it away from my guests - I thought it was a off bottle, possibly corked. re-corked and put in the fridge 2 night later- wow petrol, acacia, honeysuckle with a very long finish. so good I bought 9 more....
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2/29/2008 - Siggy wrote:
After a bunch of atypically sweet German Rieslings, this was a real change of pace. Deep gold color. Great nose of petrol, honey, flowers, and bitter melon. The palate is weighty and loaded with chalky minerality. Other than a strong bitter melon flavor, there isn't much fruit. This seems very promising, but quite stern and closed at the moment.
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2/24/2008 - pifcho wrote: 90 Points
Wow, this wine needs time. I had it over four nights. On the first night, the nose was great - pears and honey, but when I first tasted it, I thought this was an off / corked bottle. Don't give up on this. After an hour it started coming together, but it was still a bit disjointed - like a young riesling. I put it away in the fridge for 2 nights and on day three this wine was really good - sharp acidity, great body. Lots and lots of pears. It paired extremely well with fetuchine alfredo. On the fourth night, it got even more complex with a lot of lemon and sour apples in the mix, but ended with a slightly funny aftertaste, which I can't quite describe, but was something like peppers and creme brule mashed together. Not my favorite combination. I think this needs at least another 2-3 years, so be patent. It is 90 right now, but has potential for more.
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2/1/2008 - Dejzan wrote:
So very young it's hard to belive this is in fact a 7 year old wine. This all mineral and lemon, starting to get complex but this needs time. Nice finish will buy as much as I can afford.
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12/28/2007 - doctoroflaws wrote: flawed
I did something I almost never do: after 3/4 of a glass (over 1 hour), I poured the rest of the bottle down the drain. I love riesling and wines from Alsace and I have had other wines from Trimbach that I like but this was insipid. Flat on the nose, flat in the mouth and a sour finish. I am glad that this was a gift (in a mixed case). Perhaps I had a bad bottle (although it was NOT corked) but I think this was just an off wine.
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12/9/2007 - drwine2001 wrote:
Decanted for 3 hours before the meal. This was a veritable garden of earthy delights. Light yellow with a little green like a Chablis. Evolving complex nose with mint, chamomile tea, lemon, distilled tones, and faint peach. Intense attack with great extract, focused stone, quinine, and dirt, which cling and coat the palate for several minutes after the wine disappears. Embryonic but still exhilarating in its uncompromising austerity. Less lush, tropical, and forward than the 2000 version, this will develop slowly for decades. For me, the best Frederic Emile since the 1996, which featured even more acidity but less of this incredible minerality and terroir. We enjoyed a 2000 Zind Humbrecht Rangen the previous night; although that wine also possesses significant earth tones and complexity, but compared to this Frederic Emile, it is simple, sweet, and strikingly fruit driven.
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11/13/2007 - Mlermontov wrote: 92 Points
today at lunch - purely by chance! lovely gold developing, not yet at the petrol stage but getting there, great nose of haystack and pear? with minerals coming in after some time. auslese level body, but dry with just a pricle of RS on the finish. amazing elegance... a must have wine. needs 10+ years to show its best... wOW...
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11/13/2007 - dougsmith wrote: 92 Points
Medium gold color. Intense, brilliant nose of ripe white fruit, caraway, hay and minerality. On the palate it is full bodied and silky, elegant and dry, with good presence and a long finish. Delicious Riesling.
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11/1/2007 - Biglama wrote: 90 Points
geel, mineraal in de neus, vuursteen, citrus en iets van petrol, smaak is droog met flinke zuren en met complexiteit, nog erg jong
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10/25/2007 - winefool wrote: 92 Points
WS NYWE Grand Tastings; 10/25/2007-10/26/2007 (Marriott Marquis): Nice enough but paled in the memory of the Clos St. Hune...
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10/2/2007 - Miceri wrote:
Fresh, slightly sparkling, but not "grand"
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7/23/2007 - tendring Likes this wine: 82 Points
Wine Education Service - Great Alsatians (LSE): Petrol, mineral nose.
Dry, grapefruit, steely, mineral, complex, great length
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