Gewurztraminer Ribeaupierres
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian cuisine, Munster cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Trimbach's Gewurztraminer Ribeaupierres, historically known as the Cuvée des Seigneurs de Ribeaupierre, pays tribute to the ancient lords whose castles still dominate the skyline above the historic village of Ribeauvillé. This exceptional cuvée is sourced from old vines planted in the prestigious marl-limestone soils of the Muhlforst lieu-dit and the Grand Crus Osterberg and Kirchberg. True to the uncompromising Trimbach style, this wine eschews the heavy, cloying sweetness often associated with the grape. Instead, it is vinified dry, utilizing cool fermentation in temperature-controlled tanks and old wooden foudres without malolactic fermentation. This meticulous approach preserves a razor-sharp, crystalline acidity that perfectly balances the grape's natural exoticism, resulting in a structured, deeply mineral, and aristocratic expression of Alsatian terroir.
🍾 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
Gewurztraminer
🍷 ABV
13.5-14.5%