Trimbach Clos St. Hune Riesling is perhaps one of my favorite wines.
There's a consistancy of terroir year after year that's not found in
many wines. I usually open a bottle on New Years Day to drink with
Charcouterie. I had two bottles of the 1996 left so I decided to give
it the ten year test. The wine is a pale gold in the glass. The first
impression in the nose is of limes and minerals then a fairly strong
whiff of petrol (Diesel fuel) comes through. The wine is fairly
aggressive on the palate with a bracing acidity that rips across the
palate like a squirt of fresh lime juice. After the initial citrus
attack, there's a deep minerality and a taste of cold steel and ends
with a note of petrol. Unto themselves, these smells and tastes might
seem offensive in a wine but this wine blends them together into a
focused sensual melange of aromas and flavors. Ultra dry yet bursting
with flavor and texture. A+ on the Dale Scale.

Infanticide!
Great notes, thanks. I love CSH (but can't afford, alas).

Bi!! wrote:
> Trimbach Clos St. Hune Riesling is perhaps one of my favorite wines.
> There's a consistancy of terroir year after year that's not found in
> many wines. I usually open a bottle on New Years Day to drink with
> Charcouterie. I had two bottles of the 1996 left so I decided to give
> it the ten year test. The wine is a pale gold in the glass. The first
> impression in the nose is of limes and minerals then a fairly strong
> whiff of petrol (Diesel fuel) comes through. The wine is fairly
> aggressive on the palate with a bracing acidity that rips across the
> palate like a squirt of fresh lime juice. After the initial citrus
> attack, there's a deep minerality and a taste of cold steel and ends
> with a note of petrol. Unto themselves, these smells and tastes might
> seem offensive in a wine but this wine blends them together into a
> focused sensual melange of aromas and flavors. Ultra dry yet bursting
> with flavor and texture. A+ on the Dale Scale.

Bi!! wrote:
> Trimbach Clos St. Hune Riesling is perhaps one of my favorite wines.
> There's a consistancy of terroir year after year that's not found in
> many wines. I usually open a bottle on New Years Day to drink with
> Charcouterie. I had two bottles of the 1996 left so I decided to give
> it the ten year test. The wine is a pale gold in the glass. The first
> impression in the nose is of limes and minerals then a fairly strong
> whiff of petrol (Diesel fuel) comes through. The wine is fairly
> aggressive on the palate with a bracing acidity that rips across the
> palate like a squirt of fresh lime juice. After the initial citrus
> attack, there's a deep minerality and a taste of cold steel and ends
> with a note of petrol. Unto themselves, these smells and tastes might
> seem offensive in a wine but this wine blends them together into a
> focused sensual melange of aromas and flavors. Ultra dry yet bursting
> with flavor and texture. A+ on the Dale Scale.

I still have a few bottles of the 1971 and 1976, and both are
outstanding and holding very well. The 1971 perhaps is more classic,
but the 1976 is larger and more lush - much the same in this regard as
for many German Rieslings for 1971 and 1976.