Pinot Gris Selection de Grains Nobles
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, blue cheese, and classic pear or apricot tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Maison Trimbach's Pinot Gris Selection de Grains Nobles represents the absolute pinnacle of Alsatian sweet winemaking, produced only in exceptional vintages when weather conditions allow for the development of Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). Originating from highly selective hand-harvesting in their finest Ribeauville vineyards, this rare nectar captures the essence of overripe Pinot Gris grapes shriveled by noble rot. While Alsace folklore celebrates these late-harvest styles as historical treasures reserved for royalty, Trimbach elevates the category by maintaining their signature structural precision. Unlike many luscious dessert wines, Trimbach avoids malolactic fermentation, ensuring a spine of pristine, vibrant acidity that perfectly balances the intense residual sugar and rich, honeyed texture, resulting in a masterpiece of tension, complexity, and longevity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1626 in the historic heart of Alsace, Maison Trimbach has been guided by the Trimbach family across more than a dozen generations, earning an international reputation from their cellars in Ribeauvillé. The estate is celebrated for its purist winemaking philosophy, emphasizing pristine structure, mineral tension, and an uncompromising dedication to bone-dry expressions that age with profound grace. Sourcing fruit from exceptional terroirs, including prestigious Grand Cru sites, Trimbach crafts some of the world's most revered white wines alongside refined regional eaux-de-vie. Their crown jewel, the legendary Clos Sainte Hune Riesling, stands as a global benchmark of precision and longevity, complemented by classic expressions of Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Blanc.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Gris
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
11-12.5%