Riesling Clos St Hune
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 10 to 30 years from the vintage release, as it requires substantial cellar aging to fully blossom.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Poached turbot with butter sauce, roasted lobster, or mature goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Clos Sainte Hune is widely regarded by critics and collectors as one of the absolute pinnacles of dry Riesling globally. This legendary 1.67-hectare monopole has been in the Trimbach family for over two hundred years and is situated within the Rosacker Grand Cru in the village of Hunawihr. Despite its Grand Cru status, Trimbach proudly omits the classification from the label, relying instead on the historic prestige of the Clos itself. The vineyard's unique terroir is characterized by Muschelkalk, a yellow limestone rich in marine fossils, which imparts a signature, laser-sharp minerality and profound structural tension to the wine. Vinified in a bone-dry style without malolactic fermentation, it undergoes gentle aging in neutral casks and stainless steel, followed by several years of bottle maturation in Trimbach's cellars before release. The result is an incredibly precise, crystalline expression of Riesling that evolves beautifully over decades.
🍾 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%