Pinot Gris Selection de Grains Nobles

This focused SGN is tightly knit, blending threads of flavor and structure into a wine that's elegant overall. Weaves streamlined, racy acidity with layers of dried papaya, macerated peach, briny mineral and fresh alpine forest, with hints of lemon curd and wood smoke. Though rich and lightly honeyed, this leaves a fresh, mouthwatering impression, with lots of zesty spice and mineral character on the very long finish. - A.N.

Wine Spectator - October 2011

Picked out ultra-selectively from all of their Pinot Gris vineyards, the Trimbach 2005 Pinot Gris Selection de Grains Nobles displays high-toned, botrytis-engendered aromas of honey, brown spices, peach preserves, and white truffle. Remarkably creamy and honeyed, with spice and truffle-infused peach preserves and tangerine liqueur, yet preserving (as have all of these best 2005s) a luscious core of fresh fruit, rich and viscous, let light on its feet and crystal clear. Butterscotch and toasted hazelnut, join the richly diverse choir here for a long, serene finish. Pierre Trimbach says the quality of material and course of fermentation here were so picture-perfect that he added only a very small dosage of sulfur to finish the wine. While there would be no need to defer the pleasure of this wine’s company – provided the winery agreed to release it! – it will no doubt improve for at least two decades. - D.S.

Wine Advocate - February 2008

Full medium gold. Exotic, high-toned aromas of orange marmalade, honey and truffle. Superconcentrated, dense, very sweet and chewy, with a distinctly high-toned quality lifting the wine's exotic orange and gamey flavors. Very round, full, silky wine that remains very easy to drink. Pierre Trimbach notes that the VA here is 0.94; the maximum for this category, he told me, is 1.2. - S.T.

Vinous - July 2007