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Trimbach Cuvee Frederic-Emile Riesling(1999)
- Winery:
- Trimbach
- Varietal:
- Riesling
- Region:
- France > Alsace > Ammerschwihr > Alsace Aoc
- Type:
- White Wine
- User Tags:
- fruit, citrus, white grape, riesling, mineral, soil, mediterranean and subtropical fruits, finish - long, lemon, acidic
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June 2007
- This famous Riesling comes from the choicest slopes of Ribeauville overlooking the Trimbach winery. The exposure is south and southeast. The vines' high average age of some 30 years ensures low yields and concentrated fruit. The clay-limestone soil contains a high proportion of fossil-flecked muschel-kalk, which bangs out all that is best in the Riesling Cuvee Frederic Emile is made solely frm very ripe grapes, picked selectively at the end of the harvest. Dry and firmly-structured, but very fruity, this multifaceted wine owes its great depth of flavour to the combination of Riesling read more...
