WTN: Alsace and Saint-Emilion

2002 Trimbach Cuvee Frederic Emile Riesling. Alsace
Smelled of ripe fruit, confection, turpentine and some pineapple. It drank very nicely, slight tropical fruit, slate, lemon. A well-crafted white wine. Class. I liked it enough that I purchased some more. Drank with some Nova Scotia and Pt. Reyes oysters freshly-shucke from Wild Edibles. A-

1995 Ch. Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrose, Saint-Emilion
I picked up some nice-looking beef short ribs at my local butcher and which I marinated Korean-style for 12 hours and then oven-broiled. The ribs were a hit and the wine proved to be a good match. The wine was compact, with lean sweet red fruit that approached in layers. Medium-bodied. Had that New Worldish feel to it. I liked the acidic finish with the tannic bite. It delivered. A-

Ramon

I really like the 02 CFE. Of course, I really like most CFEs!
Don't think I've had the 95 Beausejour Duffau, but I do think most of the RB 95s are drinking well
thanks for notes

Well, I wasn’t really in the market for these as I have a few from the late 90’s and up until 2001 stored away … until I read your TN here last month.
Sherry-Lehmann ran out after my order as I found the wine to be at such a good drinking stage (don’t know for how long, though) that I planned on drinking the rest until the summer. I had to order a 2nd batch that’ll go offsite from a store in Illinois.

I recently had a few '95 RBs that seemed to have started getting into their good drinking window. A Pavie-Decesse, a Fombrauge and a Trotanoy late last year were pretty good. Also had the Angelus in December but that one’s still unyielding.