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2016 Trimbach, Riesling Clos St Hune
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2016 Trimbach, Riesling Clos St Hune
Begin your portfolio with a prestigious wine that has a history of growth.- Enjoy fully managed, secure storage facilities with insurance coverage.
- Get expert advice on when to hold and when to sell.
Single VineyardThese contiguous vineyards often have small-scale production and unique terroir
4.0% of All Fine Wine
Family-OwnedFamily-owned wineries deliver a personal winemaking touch that corporations cannot
18.6% of All Producers of Fine Wine
Flagship WineWhat makes this estate famous? This wine is a big reason.
2.0% of All Fine Wine
Top 5A top 5 wine in the region
17.0% of All Fine WineWhy We're Buying
If there was one winery to be given expert status in Alsatian riesling, it would be Trimbach. Maison Trimbach has been making wines in Alsace for thirteen generations (since 1626), and the Clos Ste. Hune Riesling label since 1919. Clos Ste. Hune is a small plot of riesling vines within the larger Rosacker Grand Cru. The average age of the vines is 60 years, creating wines with great depth and concentration. The 2016 Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune Riesling is an expression of purity. Crafted from 100 riesling, the grapes are sourced from low-yielding vines and the wines are unoaked, allowing the characteristics of the grapes and terroir to shine. A strong mineral backbone supports this refreshingly dry wine. Acidity dances along the palate and is complemented by dense stone fruit and floral notes. Wines are bottle aged a minimum of six years before release, allowing more layers of complexity to develop. James Suckling summed it up perfectly with his 98-point review: “It goes on for days. Glorious!” The Final Sip: Currently only available as a pre-release, the 2016 Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune Riesling is the perfect example of an ageable white. This is a wine to leave in the cellar for decades – it will only improve and appreciate in value for years to come.
Critics Scores
Vinous
Luminous straw. Penetrating nuances of lime and guava join the lemon verbena, jasmine, mineral and white stone fruit aromas on the knockout, captivating nose. Then dense, complex and multilayered, offering profound flavors of fresh citrus fruit, sweet spices and talcum powder. Closes extremely long, clean and precise; this is a young white wine of utterly mesmerizing beauty. I find this to be one of the best young CSHs I have ever tasted; it is stylistically different but almost on the same quality level as the marvelous 2010 CSH. One sniff (never mind taste) and I was left almost speechless - and I’m not usually one who keeps his mouth shut when I recognize a truly great wine.
James Suckling
This is really phenomenal with such compact fruit and mineral, lemon and spice character. It’s full-bodied yet so refined and polished. It goes on for days. Glorious! Will be released by 2024. Drink on release or hold.