2014 Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve Personnelle Alsace

If you’re still drinking Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc, know that the cool cats are drinking this. Pinot Grigio derives its genetics from Pinot Blanc. This is this OG and Trimbach is one of the best producers of this grape in the world. This is their best bottling of Pinot Blanc.

Trimbach is one of the Top Alsace producers. They produce the highest-quality premium Riesling and Gewurztraminer wines, which constantly achieve great accolades. If you want to discover the true power and aging capacity of a high-quality Gewurztraminer, Maison Trimbach should be at the top of your list. This Maison is crafting some of the most exceptional white wines in the world.

Wine Spectator said, “In Alsace, although most wines tend to be dry and fuller-bodied than their German counterparts, Trimbach's house style is quite the opposite: graceful and intense, with an austere character.” 

This Maison has been around since the 16^th century when the Trimbach family arrived from Switzerland. Twelve generations of disruptive winemakers have impregned their expertise into Trimbach. Today, Pierre Trimbach, an enologist who graduated from Beaune, is leading this world-renowned estate.

Trimbach’s location couldn’t be more perfect. Its semi-continental weather brings extreme temperatures, with very cold winters, which are optimal for high-quality Riesling to thrive. The soil is composed of marl-limestone-sandstone and shell limestone (Muschelkalk), which gives Trimbach's wines a remarkable personality. 

The 140-acre vineyard is planted with vines of 45 years of age on average. They’re distributed in some of the best terroirs in Alsace: Ribeauvillé, Bergheim y Hunawihr. Each of them provides different and exciting characteristics to the wines.

​Trimbach’s vineyards are managed under sustainable practices and certified by the HVE3. For more than 10 years, they’ve been doing fully organic viticulture.

Produced only in exceptional years, this wine comes from selected parcels in the Grand Cru Osterberg and Wiebaum Vineyard in Ribeauvillé. It boasts great maturity and opulence, with rich, succulent fruit.

100% Pinot Gris. Very ripe and harmonious style, rich with yellow juicy peaches on the nose as well as ripe pears: full-bodied with ripe smoky tropical fruit flavors and a long, slightly nutty finish. Rich and fragrant.

~93 Wine & Spirits Magazine

A very elegant dry Pinot Gris with a delicate floral-honey nose. Rich yet polished on the palate. A clean and long finish. An excellent wine for sophisticated French cuisine. Drink or hold. ~92 James Suckling

The 2014 Pinot Gris Réserve Personnelle is intense and ripe on the nose, but slightly volatile. Round and fruity on the palate, this is a well-structured, firm and salty Pinot with good tannin grip and nice salinity. It needs some years to gain its final balance. ~91 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

Bright yellow. Sexy peach, strawberry nectar and orange oil on the perfumed nose. Rich, powerful and dry; this currently uncompromising wine is much bigger, richer and rounder than the Pinot Gris Réserve. It's almost sweet by Trimbach’s standards (7 or 8 g/l residual sugar) but has enough lively acidity to age well. The bright finish features delicate floral reminders. Not obviously better than the Pinot Gris Réserve today, but it surely will be in time. ~91 Vinous Media

This displays ample mineral and spice notes on the nose, carrying through to the lively palate's flavors of blood orange sorbet, pomegranate, spring blossom and lemon pith. Long and creamy, this well-honed white offers a lasting chime of mineral on the finish. Drink now through 2028. 3,500 cases made, 500 cases imported. ~91 Wine Spectator

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