Picked this up at Costco for 15$. Number 55 on the Wine Spectator Top 100 for 2009. I guess that I'm a little surprised that this wine is at Costco (and has been for a couple of months by me), but all it highlights is 1. the state of the economy, and 2. how much of this wine Trimbach made. For me, a 15$ bottle of wine is par for the course, but I'm sure that there are lots of people out there who think $15 is an extravagant expense. This is especially true when you can get a couple fairly decent domestic Rieslings at Costco for about 6$ (Hogue and Chateau Ste. Michele, if memory serves me right). Anyways...I didn't get to taste the first bottle of this wine that I bought; I brought it over to a friends house for brunch and we didn't end up opening it, so I bought another bottle.
Sarah ended up liking this bottle--and she didn't even make her normal "Eww...this is Riesling face." (It's her one flaw, not liking Riesling...) On the nose, I get green apple, stone, peaches, and when the bottle is first opened some diesel. The diesel aromas quickly blow off into something else a little less Riesling like that I can't quite out my finger on. Reading all the reviews of this wine, some people say pine, some people say smoke. Either one is fairly accurate. An interesting nose. Once it's in your mouth, the most noticeable characteristic is the mineral character. It's right up front and is the defining quality of this wine. There are also some lemon and peach notes that come through. The finish is lingering, with lots of stoniness. This wine has a good amount of acidity, making it a great match for food (in this case, chicken apple sausages and some grilled asparagus with lemon--good with both). There is no doubt this is a well made wine, and is a great deal for 15$. It's perhaps a bit more on the subtle side than I normally would expect from a Wine Spectator pick, if I really start to think about it. Amusingly, given my disdain for the Wine Spectator, I am not that excited by this wine, despite its' departure from normal Wine Spectator trappings. Solid wine, but perhaps I am getting a bit jaded because to be honest, I was a little bit bored. B+/A-
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