WTN: Emile in a glass

[David M. Bueker]

2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile - France, Alsace (10/19/2015)
Served as part of a dinner with Jean Trimbach, this was the clear highlight of the newer wines for me, as it displayed great cut, minerality and very cool fruit. There is lots of depth here - the wine showed notable palate weight - and it is essentially bone dry. This is exactly what I look for in young CFE to cellar for the future.

[Robin Garr]

I could drink that.

It also speaks to the quality of this wine, I think, that 2007 still counts as "young."

Ugh. Sounds great, but think I have none.
Passed at $50 because my usual suppliers typically have sales at lower than that, never happened. Now over $60
How was rest of dinner?

[David M. Bueker]

The entire event was very good. Small portions (I am really hungry today), but each course was pretty tasty. One thing that hit me was the pork dish - remember when Niman Ranch pork was a big deal? This pork had so little inherent flavor compared to the local pork I can now buy near my house. The seasoning was good, but it could have been anything under the rub.

We had a lot of Pinot Gris which is not my favorite grape. That being said, I really liked the 2012 Pinot Gris Reserve, preferring it to the richer Reserve Personnelle. The 2011 Gewurz VT is classically Trimbach - not as sweet as you would expect and beautiful aromatics. They also poured the 2001 CFE 375th Anniversary which showed really well.

The 2012 Pinot Noir was a credible Pinot but nothing I would seek out.

[Robin Garr]

Sadly, by all accounts, Niman Ranch is not what Niman Ranch used to be. The founder, Bill Niman, left the company because he felt it was going corporate.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-bill ... nch-2014-2

[David M. Bueker]

Also worth noting that I had a lot of time to talk with Jean Trimbach. Nobody else seemed to even try. There were a few times he was sort of wandering around like Jim Valvano at the end of the 1983 NCAA Championship Game looking for someone to interact with.

For the curious, he said in response to my question that there are no CFE VT bottlings since 2001. It just has not been in the cards. Unfortunate as that is my favorite Trimbach wine.