I tasted the Domaine Trapet 2024s yesterday, but also had the chance to taste their current range from their family domaine in Alsace. I bought some – and why not – aren’t Alsace magnums magnificent? 🙂
Andrée Trapet’s responsibility for her family vines came in 2003. Based in Riquewihr, the domaine is now 30 hectares – larger than their ‘footprint’ in Gevrey-Chambertin. It is Jean-Louis and Andrée’s sons, Louis and Pierre who are responsible for the domaine. As always, the wines see additional ageing in bottle, the grand crus only released 2-3 years after the others:
2024 A Minima Blanc
Sylvaner and Pinot Auxerrois – 4 or 5 others too – but those other cepages are only in small quantities…
Rounder style, slightly creamy with a ripe yellow fruit. Hmm – I was not expecting such a large-scale and juicy wine in the mouth – very aromatic and very delicious…
2024 Riesling Kientzheim
Open, quite airy – not an overt nose of Riesling. Open, juicy – growing in energy – a little extra ripeness of fruit in the middle – lovely juicy, easy style… ‘It’s even better on day two…’
2024 Riesling Riquewihr
Also quite airy but still a fuller and more floral style of aroma. Also super-juicy but more direct in style – a little extra generosity in these flavours but also an extra vibration, a structure even, in this slightly longer finish. Apparently, there’s a little unfinished sugar in this, but I didn’t note it…
2020 Schoenenbourg ‘Premier Cru’
Hmm, spiced and floral too – that’s very attractive. Extra wide with additional concentration, very slowly fading. A beautiful wine…
2020 Schoenenbourg ‘Grand Cru’
Less overt top aromas, but wider and deeper at the base. Extra incisive, beautifully juicy – ooh that’s my kind of wine !! Holding so well with fine energy and just a little confit style to the last notes of fruit – I love it…
They have Rangen Grand Cru for the first time in 2024 – it’s too early to taste that wine for this domaine… The following are two muscat wines – a little too aromatic for my taste, but what lovely juicy energy they have, particularly the last wine with ‘maceration…’
2023 μ (mu) Schoenenbourg (Muscat)
Very aromatic and floral – though not the heavy perfume of a gewurz. Another juicy wine, less impact and density than the 2020 riesling – but with such an impressive width in the finish – I do prefer the riesling though.
2023 Ambre Blanc
This is the muscat again. But made by maceration.
Also, a floral/aromatic but with much extra depth and weight. Extra acidity – this is alive – tension for sure and even a little zesty tannin from the skins. This vibrates with finishing interest and width.
2016 Sporen
Opposite Schoenenburg, this is gewurz… It is harvested 10 days later than other cepages and can have a potential alcohol approaching 20! ‘And gewurz needs to be on the right terroir, if not, I understand why some people won’t like it!’
A more subtle nose – width with a small fizz of energy. Large in scale, layered, sweet for sure – just lacking some finishing interest – it narrows quite quickly after the first hit of sweetness…
