The Trimbach 2020 Grand Cru Brand Riesling is from two plots adding up to one hectare in this prestigious Turckheim site. Aged on the lees until March of the second year after the harvest, the wine shows delicate, bright fruit and spiciness on the nose along with lemon and granite notes. Fine-grained on the first attack, this is a playful, delicately juicy, dense and elegant Riesling with quite a lot of power on the finish. The wine is dry, pure, saline and grippy and reveals finesse and an almost buoyant character, yet it remains very intense on the aftertaste. The wine still needs time and won't be released before April of next year. 13.7% stated alcohol. Tasted under time pressure at the domaine in May 2022.

The 2019 Grand Cru Brand Riesling opens with a delicate and clear, terroir-driven nose with elegant and well-balanced, classic fruit. Round, elegant and saline on the palate, with fine phenols, complexity and finesse, this is a powerful, time-demanding Brand Riesling with good astringency on the still youthful but promising finish. Tasted at the domaine in May 2022.

The 2018 Grand Cru Brand Riesling shows clear, very dense and ripe fruit on the nose intertwined with delicate herbal and stony notes. Supple, round and intense on the palate, this is a powerful and saline dry Riesling cru with herbal notes on the somewhat alcoholic finish. I wish I had more time and a bigger glass to explore this Brand with more patience. Tasted at the domaine in May 2023.