Pinot Gris Hommage Georgette Trimbach
⏳ Drinking Window
2015 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, roasted pork with apples, Munster cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Hommage Georgette Trimbach' is a rare and deeply personal cuvée created by Maison Trimbach to honor the memory of Georgette Trimbach, the beloved matriarch of the family's 11th generation. Sourced from exceptional old-vine parcels in Ribeauvillé—primarily within the limestone-rich soils of the Osterberg Grand Cru—this Pinot Gris is crafted only in exceptional vintages. Unlike Trimbach's classically bone-dry style, this tribute wine embraces a richer, more opulent profile with a touch of noble sweetness, reminiscent of a Vendanges Tardives. It undergoes slow, cool fermentation in stainless steel and old oak foudres, avoiding malolactic fermentation to preserve the pristine, structural acidity that defines the Trimbach signature. The result is a masterpiece of tension and texture, marrying luscious notes of ripe stone fruits, honey, and smoky minerals with a vibrant, age-worthy spine.
🍾 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
Pinot Gris
🍷 ABV
13.5% - 14.5%