Riesling Grand Cru Geisberg

Geisberg fruit has made up part of Cuvée Frédéric Emile for decades, however when Trimbach leased more Geisberg vines from the Couvent de Ribeauvillé, the nuns insisted on a separate wine to showcase this Grand Cru in pure form. This wine is bottle-aged for five years in the cellar before being released. The Geisberg Grand Cru is truly a jewel of Alsace - less than nine hectares of prime vineyard upon a steep slope facing due south and nestled between the Grands Crus of Kirchberg and Osterberg. The soils are derived from Muschelkalk marl, conquina, sandstone and gypsum, and old vines, ideal exposure to the sun and the small steep terrasses make it a unique and complex terroir. At night, cooling winds ('Tahlwendala') come down the valley from the high Vosges, checking ripening and promoting the extended, concentrating 'hang time' leading to wines of fantastic intensity, grip, complexity and ageing potential. This king of vineyard sites deserves the king of vines, and is thus planted entirely to Riesling.