Sylvaner Classic
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
shellfish, charcuterie, Alsatian onion tart
✨ Technical Specifications
Trimbach's Sylvaner Classic is a vibrant tribute to one of Alsace's most historic yet underappreciated grape varieties. Sylvaner has thrived in the region since its introduction from Austria in the 17th century. Maison Trimbach crafts this wine with their signature precision, sourcing fruit from vineyards surrounding Ribeauvillé. To preserve the grape's natural, delicate fruitiness and bright acidity, the wine undergoes fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel and old oak foudres, strictly avoiding malolactic fermentation. The result is a dry, light-bodied, and incredibly refreshing white wine that captures the pure, mineral-driven essence of Alsatian terroir, marked by subtle notes of white flowers, green apple, and fresh herbs.
🍾 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
Sylvaner
🍷 ABV
11.5-12.5%