Trimbach, Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives

Trimbach · Alsace › France

White · Pinot Gris
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LWIN 1268348
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90 /100
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19
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Taster #0354 · Jul 29, 2023
91/100
Sauternes/Rieussec style
2000 vintage
Taster #9573 · Jul 29, 2023
91/100
Beautiful bouquet with flowers and honey. On the palate orange and tangerine, a firm amount of sweetness and beautiful acidity. Concentrated wine.
2000 vintage
Taster #5237 · Dec 29, 2019
94/100
Applesauce and apricots. Some petrol. Kickin ass.
2000 vintage
Taster #1393 · Nov 12, 2019
89/100
Apricot, honey, butterscotch, candy citrus. Good, but does not have as much depth and complexity as I’d like to see in a late harvest wine. Harvest sugar 289 grams/liter, residual sugar 55 grams/liter. 13% abv.
2000 vintage
Taster #3423 · Aug 3, 2018
89/100
Interesting, unique nose shows apricot pit, burnt sugar, and florals. Silky palate, with rich, honeyed stone fruits. Starting to fade, with less acidity than desired, but still a gorgeous wine. Drink now.
2000 vintage
Taster #8927 · Dec 10, 2016
93/100
I drank this over a month ago and did not take notes, so won't purport to try and create them now that I am belatedly correcting my inventory. This brief note is to state that IMHO this wine is showing beautifully right now, beautifully poised between primary fruit and secondary/tertiary/light oxidative notes, and between acid and sweetness. It significantly exceeded my expectations.
2000 vintage
Taster #6006 · Jun 9, 2016
92/100
Bottle in perfect condition, colour mid yellow/orange tinge, no ullage. Apricot/raisin peach/honey/ still some acidity, glorious complex wine, bravo
2000 vintage
Taster #3127 · Jun 7, 2016
88/100
Mature Alsace VTs & SQNs 2003-1976 with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London) : young and rich, with a bitter edge, light floral, honey, apricot, light toffee too. Nice but not impressive, good acidity. Young and at times difficult. 88
2000 vintage
Taster #2855 · May 14, 2015
87/100
Alsace Masterclass (The Progress, SF) : Summary: Aromatic, botrytized (It’s especially acceptable to botrytize Pinot Gris, given it doesn’t have much aromatic varietal character). Sweet. This is good stuff. Score: Between 8.5 and 9. ----------------------------- Full Sensory: From Grand Cru Osterberg (clay-marl) - one of the vineyards (with Geisberg) in Trimbach’s Cuvee Frederic Emile. Visual: High concentration, rich gold with reflections of copper and straw. (Botrytis contributes to color, along with oxidation. Also this is from 2000). Nose: Strong saffron …
2000 vintage
Taster #8460 · Mar 28, 2015
93/100
thick, with syrup like viscosity, peaches, rasins and good acidity.
2000 vintage
Taster #3259 · Feb 5, 2015
Medium weight, full flavored however a little too alcoholic on the finish.
2000 vintage
Taster #0831 · Jan 11, 2015
91/100
Ditto last note.
2000 vintage
Taster #0831 · Dec 10, 2014
91/100
Love this wine. Nice acidity for a sweet wine, but sweetness still there to make it well balanced. Decent finish. Has some time left.
2000 vintage
Taster #7780 · Sep 16, 2014
93/100
Golden orange color; dried apricot, cooked pear, orange peel, and honey and tea; slight petrol and botrytis notes; silky yet voluptuous, not gooey, very sweet but not cloying, high acidity propping it up, concentrated, long slightly bitter orange peel-gentian finish.
2000 vintage
Taster #7780 · Sep 11, 2014
92/100
Darker gold; lots of petrol, botrytis, apple tart, very good acidity, very sweet, but buoyed by the acid and crunchy ripe fruit; slight earthy aspect, rocky minerality; really nice and actually fantastic with choucroute. 93?
2000 vintage
Taster #5132 · May 18, 2014
90/100
Nice, sweet wine. Smooth and balanced on the palate with a nice length. This surprised on the upside and is drinking well at the moment
2000 vintage
Taster #8796 · Apr 3, 2014
90/100
Better than my last bottle, but still not enough acid to balance the viscosity, spice, and sweetness. It's a big, powerful wine and best suited with dessert or, ideally, spicy Sichuan or Korean food.
2000 vintage
Taster #2826 · Sep 22, 2013
88/100
The taste of fresh caramel in the pan, not too terribly sweet palate. Not the greatest balance, and, though very pleasant to drink, I think it's not that successful.
2000 vintage
Taster #8896 · Apr 11, 2012
An Extraordinary Range at Maison Trimbach (Ribeauvillé, France) : Light golden. Unusual nose with almond kernel. Biggest, heaviest, most botrytized of the VT's. Bitter, short finish. This is too extracted to ever achieve balance. One of the least successful wines in the range.
2000 vintage
Taster #5517 · Jan 26, 2010
86/100
Intéressant, belle couleur ambrée, des notes équilibrées de fruits jaunes, mais un sucre pas assez fondu à mon goût... peut-être trop tôt pour bien l'apprécier ?
2000 vintage
Taster #8896 · Jun 19, 2009
Light golden. Peach and apricot fruit, off dry but rich glycerine and a slightly bitter, tangy finish giving it some bite. Very good and seemingly drinking at or close to its peak.
2000 vintage
Taster #1450 · Jun 11, 2008
91/100
Though leading with spicy, honeyed fruit this shows great balance from its tangy acidity.
2000 vintage