Clos St Hune
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Turbot with beurre blanc, classic Alsatian choucroute, roasted veal with chanterelles
✨ Technical Specifications
Clos Sainte Hune is widely regarded as one of the world's finest and most exclusive expressions of Riesling. Sourced from a historic 1.67-hectare monopole within the Rosacker Grand Cru in Hunawihr, this exceptional vineyard has been in the Trimbach family for over two hundred years. The terroir is defined by its unique Muschelkalk (shattered limestone) soil, which imparts an unmistakable, intense minerality and a crystalline structure to the wine. Trimbach vinifies this masterpiece in a strictly dry style, avoiding malolactic fermentation to preserve the grape's pristine, searing acidity and pure varietal character. After fermentation, the wine is aged in bottle for several years in the estate's cellars before it is deemed ready for release, developing extraordinary complexity, petrol notes, and unmatched depth over time.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%