Trimbach
Cuvée des Seigneurs de Ribeaupierre Alsace Gewürztraminer
Alsace, France
Chilled and opened about an hour before dinner and allowed to gently come to temp. Served alongside charcoal grilled Thai sausage, sticky rice, coconut Thai curry, herb salad, shallot, lime, garlic, chiles. Straw color, off-dry and a perfect pairing with the first course. Lychee, honey, white flowers and great acid. This is the kind of synergy you dream for in a wine pairing. Drink now but I expect this will drink well for a long time. Quite possibly the best experience I’ve ever had with Gewurztraminer.
Chilled and opened about an hour before dinner and allowed to gently come to temp. Served alongside charcoal grilled Thai sausage, sticky rice, coconut Thai curry, herb salad, shallot, lime, garlic, chiles. Straw color, off-dry and a perfect pairing with the first course. Lychee, honey, white flowers and great acid. This is the kind of synergy you dream for in a wine pairing. Drink now but I expect this will drink well for a long time. Quite possibly the best experience I’ve ever had with Gewurztraminer.
Nov 2nd, 2024
Vintage 2013 | expressive tropical fruit, spicyness, lychee, good balance and attractiveness
Vintage 2013 | expressive tropical fruit, spicyness, lychee, good balance and attractiveness
May 23rd, 2023Vintage 1997 | wow! Perfect balance, orangezest, peach, beautiful
Vintage 1997 | wow! Perfect balance, orangezest, peach, beautiful
Jun 1st, 2021
Mid Gold and crystal clear. Trademark aromas of Lychee with a touch of nutmeg. Lychee and honey on the full bodied palate. I have seen very long drinking windows for this Cuvée but for me this is ready to drink with very little acid. It remains a delicious drink and one of the 1001 Wines.
Mid Gold and crystal clear. Trademark aromas of Lychee with a touch of nutmeg. Lychee and honey on the full bodied palate. I have seen very long drinking windows for this Cuvée but for me this is ready to drink with very little acid. It remains a delicious drink and one of the 1001 Wines.
Jul 8th, 2019Vintage 2012 / lychees and enormous minerals, much power and bitters, clearly a dinnerwine, too young now and will gain complexity
Vintage 2012 / lychees and enormous minerals, much power and bitters, clearly a dinnerwine, too young now and will gain complexity
Apr 24th, 2019
Spicy and sexy. All the lychee and honeysuckle, melon and white flowers standard with Gewurz but with a lightness and focus only this producer and cuvée could bring.
Spicy and sexy. All the lychee and honeysuckle, melon and white flowers standard with Gewurz but with a lightness and focus only this producer and cuvée could bring.
Apr 14th, 2019
January Wednesday Wine Committees are always a great as the red wines are required to be 11yrs old, making all of the reds 2008 vintage. 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 4 reds and 1 dessert wine were served today, all blind.
Delicious and shocked it was gewürztraminer. It was sweet/botrytis like, but not overly so. I didn’t pick up lychee or honeyed pear that I usually do with this grape. Touch of petrol. My guess was Alsace Pinot Gris in vindage tardives style. At least I got the country and region.
January Wednesday Wine Committees are always a great as the red wines are required to be 11yrs old, making all of the reds 2008 vintage. 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 4 reds and 1 dessert wine were served today, all blind.
Delicious and shocked it was gewürztraminer. It was sweet/botrytis like, but not overly so. I didn’t pick up lychee or honeyed pear that I usually do with this grape. Touch of petrol. My guess was Alsace Pinot Gris in vindage tardives style. At least I got the country and region.
There’s nothing quite like this - gewürztraminer with age / floral for days
There’s nothing quite like this - gewürztraminer with age / floral for days
Oct 18th, 2018Had the 2008, I think that it needs a few more years. I had the 2004 a a year back and it was amazing. Love Trimbach!
Had the 2008, I think that it needs a few more years. I had the 2004 a a year back and it was amazing. Love Trimbach!
Sep 15th, 2018
Not as crazy a floral nose as some gewutrz. Soft oily poised palate. Beautifully balanced and lush on the tongue. A hint of sweetness but really yummy
Not as crazy a floral nose as some gewutrz. Soft oily poised palate. Beautifully balanced and lush on the tongue. A hint of sweetness but really yummy
Aug 27th, 2018