Trimbach Riesling 2018

Trimbach

Trimbach Riesling 2018

Style Wine France White
Producer Trimbach
Origin Alsace (Ribeauvillé)
$49 / btl
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What it tastes like.

Trimbach is one of Alsace's most respected family domaines, with a 12-generation history of producing dry, structured, food-friendly white wines from the Ribeauville area. Their classic Riesling is the house's calling card — an unwooded, mineral-driven expression of the grape that is built for the table rather than the cellar shelf.

The 2014 vintage was cool and slow-ripening, yielding wines of focused acidity and bright fruit. Expect a classic Trimbach Riesling profile — green apple, lemon zest, white peach and a strong line of stony minerality, with a precise, taut, bone-dry palate. The 2014 has now developed some petrol and chamomile notes typical of mature Alsace Riesling, while retaining its trademark cut and length.

A natural match for choucroute, grilled trout, oysters, sushi or aged hard cheeses. 12.5% ABV. 750ml.

The house

About Trimbach.

Alsace (Ribeauvillé) ·Est. 1626

Maison Trimbach has produced Alsace wine for thirteen generations and 400 years, founded in 1626 when Jean Trimbach began growing vines in Riquewihr. The estate moved to Hunawihr in the 1840s and to its current Ribeauvillé base after the First World War. Trimbach's reference Rieslings — the Cuvée Frédéric Émile and the single-vineyard Clos Sainte Hune from a four-acre old-vine parcel in Grand Cru Rosacker — set the dry-Riesling standard for Alsace. Anne, Frédérique, Julien and Pauline (the thirteenth generation) now run the operation.

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  • Temperature

    10–12°C · 30 min in the fridge before pouring

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Alsace (Ribeauvillé)

Jean Trimbach, originally from Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the Vosges, settled in Riquewihr in 1626 and began growing vines — the first generation of what is now thirteen generations of Trimbach winemaking in Alsace. The family moved its operations to Hunawihr in the 1840s, drawn by the limestone-rich slopes that produce the Riesling for which the house would become known. After the destruction of the First World War the estate relocated again to Ribeauvillé, where it has remained since.

Trimbach's estate vineyards cover roughly 50 hectares across Alsace's premier sites, with the spine of the production built on Riesling. The reference wines are the Cuvée Frédéric Émile (a single-vineyard Riesling from Grand Cru Geisberg and Osterberg sites in Ribeauvillé, named for the family's nineteenth-century viticultural innovator) and Clos Sainte Hune, a four-acre old-vine monopole within Grand Cru Rosacker in Hunawihr that produces what is widely cited as one of the world's defining dry Rieslings. The house's signature is unrelenting dryness — Trimbach Rieslings are pithier, more austere and longer-cellaring than the off-dry style of many Alsace neighbours.

Beyond Riesling, Trimbach produces the full Alsace varietal set: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris (including Reserve and Vendange Tardive expressions), Gewurztraminer (also Vendange Tardive and Sélection de Grains Nobles), and Pinot Noir. Pierre Trimbach (who passed away in late 2024) was the senior winemaking voice for decades alongside his cousin Jean Trimbach. The thirteenth-generation cohort — Pierre's daughters Anne and Frédérique, and Jean's children Julien and Pauline — now lead the export, vineyard management and sales operations.

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