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1997 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune
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Albert Hertz, Eguisheim

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1997 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune

Producer: Trimbach
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Riesling
Origin: France
Region: Alsace

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92 Points | International Wine Cellar , March 2012

(one of the driest wines in the tasting at 1.9 grams per liter r.s.):  Very pale yellow.  Pineapple, wet stone, minerals and a whiff of toasted bread on the nose; a smoky petrol note added complexity with air.  Big and rich in the mouth, with a slightly sweet impression.  One of the broadest examples of Clos Ste. Hune in the tasting, even a bit blowsy in the context of this normally sharply chiseled wine.  Still showing plenty of lemon and grapefruit pungency but could use a bit more grip.

91 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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