Riesling Clos Ste Hune Vendanges Tardives Hors Choix
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 50 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared foie gras, aged Munster cheese, roasted duck with orange glaze
✨ Technical Specifications
Clos Ste Hune is a legendary 1.67-hectare monopole vineyard within the Rosacker Grand Cru in Hunawihr, held by the Trimbach family for over two hundred years. While Clos Ste Hune is globally renowned for its bone-dry, mineral-driven style, in exceptional years favored by botrytis, Trimbach crafts an incredibly rare Vendanges Tardives (late harvest). The 'Hors Choix' (meaning 'beyond choice') designation is reserved exclusively for the most extraordinary vintages where concentration, acidity, and noble rot reach mythical proportions. This rare nectar marries the intense, honeyed richness of late-harvest fruit with the razor-sharp, limestone-driven acidity and deep petrol-mineral complexity that defines this sacred plot of land. It is widely considered one of the most collectible and profound sweet wines on earth.
🍾 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
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5% - 13.5%