Assortment Case
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed from 5 to 25+ years from the respective vintage dates, depending on the specific cuvées included.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Choucroute garnie, roasted pork, Munster cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Trimbach Assortment Case is a highly coveted, curated collection showcasing the very pinnacle of this historic estate's winemaking mastery in Alsace. Rather than a single bottling, this selection typically gathers Trimbach's most legendary and age-worthy expressions, which may include the peerless Clos Sainte Hune Riesling, the majestic Cuvée Frédéric Emile, and exceptional Grand Cru bottlings of Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer. Each bottle in the assortment reflects the family's signature style: bone-dry, intensely mineral, structurally precise, and crafted without malolactic fermentation to preserve the pristine, vibrant acidity of the grapes. This collection serves as a liquid map of Ribeauvillé's finest terroirs, offering a masterclass in how different noble varieties express the complex limestone, marl, and sandstone soils of Alsace.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1626 in Riquewihr and later relocated to Ribeauvillé, Maison Trimbach represents thirteen generations of unyielding devotion to Alsatian viticulture. The estate spans over 60 hectares across premier terroirs along the Ribeauvillé fault line, notably in Ribeauvillé, Bergheim, and Hunawihr, where complex Muschelkalk limestone, marl, and sandstone soils intersect with a sheltered semi-continental climate. Following decades of sustainable management, Trimbach achieved official organic certification across all estate holdings and partner grower parcels in 2023. Winemaking philosophy hinges on an uncompromising pursuit of balance, tension, and gastronomic dryness: fruit undergoes gentle pressing, parcel-by-parcel temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel and neutral casks, and absolute prevention of malolactic fermentation, accompanied by patient bottle aging prior to commercial release. Celebrated worldwide for crystalline structure and ageworthiness, the house benchmarks include the monumental single-terroir Riesling Clos Sainte Hune from the Rosacker lieu-dit, the venerable Cuvée Frédéric Emile, and exquisitely sculpted Grand Cru releases such as Mandelberg and Schlossberg.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Blanc
🍷 ABV
12.5-14%