Riesling Selection de Grains Nobles
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, blue cheeses such as Roquefort, and classic fruit tarts.
✨ Technical Specifications
Maison Trimbach's Riesling Selection de Grains Nobles represents the absolute pinnacle of Alsatian sweet winemaking, produced only in exceptional vintages when weather conditions allow for the perfect development of Botrytis cinerea (noble rot). While Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris are more common candidates for this style, Riesling SGN is incredibly rare due to the grape's late-ripening nature and thick skins, which resist rot. Trimbach's signature style—characterized by structural tension, pristine acidity, and mineral drive—shines through the intense concentration of this elixir. The grapes are painstakingly harvested by hand in multiple passes ('tries successive') to select only the most perfectly shriveled, botrytized berries. The resulting wine is a masterclass in balance, where luscious sweetness is perfectly countered by a vibrant, electric beam of acidity, offering complex notes of candied citrus, honeyed apricot, ginger, and petrol.
🍾 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
100% Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
8-10%