Riesling Cru Mandelberg 2021 Trimbach

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (94)

From a warm, early-ripening 1.6-hectare plot on marl limestone and pebbly soils that have been cultivated since 1996 by Trimbach, the 2021 Riesling Grand Cru Mandelberg offers a generously rich but also refined and smoky limestone bouquet with notes of ripe lemons and pineapples. On the palate, this is a generously rich yet elegant and savory, persistently saline Riesling with a long, intense and aromatic but also stimulating mineral and saline finish. Coming from a very warm site, this is a rather textural yet still elegant Riesling with 14.11% alcohol and seven grams of residual sugar backed up by 7.96 grams of rather smooth tartaric acidity.

James Suckling (95)

Sleek and racy, but with excellent polish for this high-acidity vintage, this stunning dry riesling has a wonderful interplay of creaminess with candied-lemon and herbal freshness on the medium-bodied palate. Still quite tightly wound at the bold and crisp finish.

Jancis Robinson (16.50)

On limestone.
Water white. Heady nose with real lift. Some of the breadth of tropical flowers – lilies? – on the palate with a hint of blossom. Real palate impact and less obvious acidity than the Brand 2021 … until the very end. Still high in acidity. (JR)