Trimbach, Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives

Amber colored and moderate oxidization but still interesting with honey, apricots, and sweet fruit. Drink up.

2007 vintage

Outstanding, consistent with my previous note. Pale gold in the glass. Floral honeysuckle tangerine bouquet. On the palate, honey and tangerine, some herbality in the finish. Well balanced but not cloy. Tonight paired with Thai green curry and scallops.

2015 vintage

Much better showing than the other CT notes- or I'm just more a fan. Bright fruit, slightly unctuous, but not overwrought. Enough acid for reshness. Young. Peachy. Really good with the sweet potato dessert.

2015 vintage

See note below : ) Really enjoyed this, though I felt it leaned more Spanish moscato than gewurtz

2015 vintage

Nearly the same as my last tasting note. 1 point more as the wine has grown on me with increasing bottle age. It is still very young and fresh with great length and life ahead. Pineapple, honey, apricot, nice mineral aromas. Very smooth, with alcohol well blended in. Very long aftertaste.

2007 vintage

Drank with 5-spice pork loin. Matched up quite well although a little fruitier/sweeter than I would have preferred. Didn’t notice it was a vendanges tardives until after it was opened.

2015 vintage

Honey, raisin, peach, lychee, stone, rose syrup, nutmeg. A bit too sweet

2015 vintage

Absolute pleasure to drink. Intense sweet aromas, nice saltiness, smooth mouthfeel, textbook Alsatian GEWürztraminer

2007 vintage

Pale yellow. Lovely nose of honeyed fruits and lemon grass. On the palate honeyed apricot dominating along with lychee, lemon rind and floral notes. A pleasant and surprising green vegetal minerality along with the fruits. Let down by a lack of acidity to balance out the sweetness (which itself was not too much). Regardless, there was a good purity to the wine. Overall decent, but for the money I'd find better value in some other Alsace (or German) late harvest …

2015 vintage

Deep yellow. Moderately sweet pineapple fruit without botrytis, bitterness, or other annoying varietal idiosyncrasies. Great texture. Very much the same as my 2019 note. Fantastic bottle.

2007 vintage

WSET Level 3 Still Wines; 9/2/2021-1/20/2022 : Appearance: Med gold Nose: Pronounced; Developing; Notes of lychee, blossom, rose, dried peach, dried mango, honey, caramel Palate: Sweet; Med(-) acid; Med alcohol (13.5%); Med(+) body; Pronounced intensity; Notes of lychee, dried peach, dried mango, honey, caramel; Long finish Quality: Outstanding Drink now; Unsuitable for further aging (will hold a while, but fully developed)

2007 vintage

Beautiful, silky texture. I agree with DRWINE2001 below. Benchmark for aged, sweet Gewurz. 19

2007 vintage

WSET 3 Central Europe, alsace, varieties, blind intense floral litchee, rose, etc... palate is sweet and quite heavy, lacks acidity to make it a great balanced sweet wine, still a foody maby. So far not my jam, quite monolithic and not very complex... not impressed... auslese germans are in a way better spot right now as for drinking ... and a lot of Sauternes too

2015 vintage

Tasted at the winery: Wow! Light gold in the glass. Explosive notes of tropical fruit, some spiciness in the finish. Sweet but balanced. Fantastic complexity, no detailed notes. Outstanding. Will have to revisit this after a few years to mature in the cellar.

2015 vintage

Full yellow. Ripe pineapple and apricot tones without any florality. Rich and fairly sweet, beautiful clarity of fruit with some spice but without any bitterness that so often shows up with this varietal. Interestingly, it was definitely sweeter than the 1983 Trimbach SGN that we drank last month. Unctuous but lively due to sharp grapefruit acidity. This will easily go on for another decade. Exceptionally well balanced Gewurztraminer that is a pleasure to drink. This is at a completely different …

2007 vintage

SOJ BYOB #8: (Alex) Pigg och fräsch, förvånande hög syra för Gewurzt.

2015 vintage

Excellent but needs more cellar time IMHO. No formal notes - took about an hour to open up. Still medium golden. Nose apricot, peaches and honey, with a bit of straw. Taste much the same. Became lighter on its feet with air. Could hold other bottles for 10+ years.

2007 vintage

Beaucoup de sucre en bouche (72 g/l de sucre résiduel), c’est riche et gouleyant, sur le pain d’épices, les litchis, le bonbon.

2007 vintage

Recently purchased. Lovely expressive bouquet. Restrained, wonderful balance and length. Not overdone with lychees and petrol but truely expresses essence of the grape. Years of life left but will it improve?

2007 vintage

Very smooth, almost slippery. Bitter finish, soem orange peel, grapefruit, low acidity.

1996 vintage

Tasted at the winery. Nice wine. Smoky, with notes of honey. No petrol. The acidity nicely balances the body, with a residual sugar of 75 but it comes off as only moderately sweet on the palate. Should age 20+ years.

2007 vintage

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2007 vintage

Tasted at Sandbar. Medium yellow. Fabulous, fruity nose. Amazing range of fruit flavors. If you can imagine it you can probably find it in this wine. Served with a Passionfruit White Chocolate Mousse, it was heavenly. An amazingly light and not sweet dessert wine that really holds its own and paired beautifully. What a treat!

2007 vintage

World Wine Symposium 2013 - Kevin and Kelly's excellent adventure; 11/6/2013-11/14/2013 (Villa D’este, Lake Como) : Ripe yellow fruits, peach, lychee, caramel but no petrol yet. Not too Gewurztraminerish which is a good thing for me. Unctuous palate, jammy yellow fruits, apricot jam and bright acidity counterbalances and keep excellent precision.

2007 vintage

A private lunch (Restaurant Jean-Francois Piège **, Paris, France) : Stunning nose with explosive Gewurz aromatics, ripe fruit and excellent depth; on the palate only off-dry, refreshing and energetic, with powerful bitters; perfumed finish wirth very good length.

2007 vintage

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