This is Pinot Gris at its most sophisticated, a wine that whispers rather than shouts, yet carries astonishing depth and presence. The 2013 Réserve Personnelle unfolds in layers of ripe pear, quince and mirabelle, laced with honeycomb, smoke and a gentle savoury edge. On the palate, it’s textural and full-bodied, but perfectly poised with rich fruit met by clean acidity and that signature Trimbach dryness that keeps everything in taut, elegant balance. Time in magnum has added even greater harmony, rounding the edges into something luxuriously smooth and endlessly drinkable.

For when: dinner calls for quiet brilliance rather than loud applause.
Pairs with: roast pork belly, wild mushrooms, or creamy seafood dishes.
If this wine were: a mood, it’d be an autumn evening in cashmere – warm, golden and utterly at ease.

Founded in 1626, Maison Trimbach has defined the classical style of Alsace for nearly four centuries. Based in Ribeauvillé, the family’s philosophy revolves around purity, precision, and a bone-dry finish that allows terroir to speak clearly. The Réserve Personnelle cuvées represent the estate’s finest parcels, harvested late for concentration yet vinified dry for elegance. The 2013 vintage, a cooler and more structured year, plays beautifully to Trimbach’s strengths, yielding a Pinot Gris of remarkable energy and age-worthiness, now showing its full maturity in magnum form.