Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2029
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea bass, roasted pork loin, traditional Alsatian choucroute
✨ Technical Specifications
Maison Trimbach's relationship with the Alsace Grand Cru system is legendary. For decades, the family resisted putting 'Grand Cru' on their labels, fearing the expanded boundaries of the 1975 classification compromised quality standards, choosing instead to let the prestige of legendary sites speak for themselves. However, in recent years, Trimbach has proudly embraced the designation for exceptional single-vineyard plots like the granite-rich Schlossberg and the limestone-heavy Geisberg. These Grand Cru Rieslings represent the absolute pinnacle of the Trimbach style: bone-dry, intensely mineral, and structurally monumental. Vinified without malolactic fermentation to preserve the pristine, laser-like acidity of the Riesling grape, these wines are aged in neutral wood and stainless steel, capturing the pure, crystalline essence of Alsace's finest terroirs.
🍾 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%