Professionelle Bewertungen
Robert Parker (98)
The 2019 Riesling Clos Ste Hune 100e Anniversaire is very clear, fresh and coolish on the precise and refined, very detailed nose that is a clear reflection of the terroir expressed with saline lemon aromas. Generous yet refined on the palate, this is a more classical Riesling compared to 2018, so it's a bit more austere, less textured but more precise and incredibly saline. The tannins are still biting a bit but already playing with the saline acidity, and I assure you that this is a great and balanced classical Riesling that will make its way over the years. Personally, I adore this style (or vintage) since it shows the finesse and purity of the clos rather than its power and richness at this stage. Keep it for at least 10 or, if you can, 20 years. Tasted at the domaine in April 2024 and again on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Clos Ste Hune at the beginning of November, with the same result, but another note:
Coming with the ancient label, the intensely yellow colored 2019 Clos Sainte Hune is clear, bright, fresh and savory, very intense yet most of all deep, rich and precise on the terroir-driven nose. Based on very, very old vines, this is a full-bodied, rich and densely textured, quite powerful and tightly structured Riesling with lots of salts and the depth and power of Trimbach’s east/southeast-facing 1.67-hectare plot within the Grand Cru Rosacker. The finish is very intense and shows even marzipan aromas as well as great vitality and mineral freshness. This is a truly great and firmly structured Clos Ste Hune that is based on a yield of 40 to 45 hectoliters per hectare, "like every year," as Jean Trimbach says. "The marly limestone terroir allows higher yields compared to granite, which allows at max 35 hectoliters per hectare."
The 2019 was bottled with 14.3% stated alcohol and 2.94 grams per liter of residual sugar. The total acidity of 8.32 grams per liter is also remarkable, though.
James Suckling (100)
So incredibly fresh and expressively youthful, but also extremely deep and harmonious. Great white and yellow peach fruit with touches of white flowers and fine garden herbs. When I first tasted this it was mouthfilling, but during the following years it has slimmed down to a sleeker silhouette, but without losing any of the giant concentration. A great masterpiece of concentration and racy elegance. You can’t taste the 14.3% alcohol, also because of the effusive natural acidity.
Jancis Robinson (17.50)
‘100ème anniversaire’ in red diagonally across the front label. ‘Winter was quite mild, then colder and more humid in March and April, then May was cool. The vine growth slowed. In mid June, very hot, dry weather set in until the end of July. In August, the rains were beneficial.’ Harvested 7 October at a potential alcohol of 13.5–14%. Cold nights helped acidity. Crop was half the size of 2018. (In 2017 they lost 35% to frost.) To be released mid/late November 2024 in the UK; in the US not until 2025 (‘they can dream about it’) but probably January/February. RS 2.94 g/l, TA 8.32 g/l.
Deep gold. Very discreet, firm, metallic, mineral nose you have to bury yourself in. Very sharply etched with throbbing, crystalline acidity and intense, bone-dry concentration – a bit more concentrated than the Frédéric Emile 2019 and with lots of undertow. Lower yield or just the terroir? Very intellectual wine rather than hedonistic. A little bit of lemon flavour. Very tight. Long, layered finish, that goes on and on, demands attention and time. (JR)
Vinous (98)
The 2019 Riesling Clos Sainte Hune will be released later this year. That pure, tell-tale chamomile tincture lift is incisive, transporting crushed tansy. The acidity strikes first: linear, clear-cut, pristine, sharp as a Japanese blade, uncompromising and taut, followed not by fruit but by herbal savor and limestone coolness. Imagine stones saturated with fresh, cool tisane of chamomile and yarrow, laced with saltiness, edged with a touch of pepper, intense and concentrated. The finish is like a cooling, intense, ethereal balm. (Bone-Dry)
