Pinot Gris Reserve Personnelle
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared foie gras, roasted pheasant, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Trimbach's Pinot Gris Réserve Personnelle represents the pinnacle of the estate's work with this noble Alsatian variety. Sourced primarily from the limestone and clay-rich soils of the Osterberg Grand Cru in Ribeauvillé, this cuvée is only produced in exceptional vintages. Historically, Pinot Gris was known in Alsace as 'Tokay d'Alsace,' a name associated with the legendary 16th-century general Lazarus von Schwendi. Trimbach crafts this wine in their signature bone-dry, structured style, completely avoiding malolactic fermentation to preserve a vibrant, mineral-driven acidity that beautifully balances the grape's natural richness, spice, and opulent texture. After slow fermentation in stainless steel and neutral wood, the wine is aged extensively in the estate's historic cellars before release.
🍾 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%