2000 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile Vendanges Tardives - France, Alsace (8/13/2019)
Getting towards nineteen years from an indifferent vintage, is this premoxed or just oxed...
Deep golden orange color, verging on copper - there's a ton of botrytis as well as candied orange peel and dried spice on the nose. It's flat on the palate, with no structural edges to hold onto. The flavors, initially interesting from an aged perspective, become tiring after just a few sips.
2000 is not a top vintage for Trimbach, or Alsace for that matter. There's also the looming specter of mistreatment by the regional distributor, so it's hard to separate time, vintage character and provenance. I'll just open another soon, and hope for the best.