Trimbach Cuvee Frederic Emile Riesling 2000

Wine Enthusiast #1 Wine of the Year! 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 read more...flavour to the combination of Riesling grapes with ideal soil. After a few years in bottle it reveals a fascinating mineral nuance. This long-lived Riesling bears the name of our great ancestor, Frederic Emile Trimbach. It is prized by connoisseurs for its breed and finesse.    (hide)

Rating: 15/20 - As reviewed by Jancis Robinson Deepish gold. Old and German? - losing fruit. Losing freshness. Could be a very dry Trimbach? Lack of fresh fruit in the middle. Very slightly chewy on the finish. Later: Very disappointing - like other recent Trimbach Rieslings tasted blind for British Airways.

Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 138 on Dec-01

Rating: 92(+?) - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on Jul-01

Rating: 95/100 - As reviewed by Wine Enthusiast

Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar