Trimbach Cuvee Frederick Emile 2000

Trimbach Cuvée Frédéric Emile Riesling 2000 (Alsace, France)

Served from magnum at the tail end of one of the recent Riesling dinners at Fix St James.

Personally I’ve never had a stunning bottle of this wine from any vintage. Still waiting based on this bottle. The question with this particular vintage remains to be whether it is just in a hole or is genuinely going backwards (see Jancis’ note for example.)

Sour and very dry. Plenty of dry extract and latent power but with a rather foursquare and drying palate of dried citrus and grapefruit. Noticeable alcohol and power but just a fraction lacking in generosity with a hardness to the back end. Where is it going to go from here? 16.5/88