Sven Klundt
Wacholderberg Weissburgunder 2017
Enderle & Moll
Müller 2018
Very round. Good tanginess, excellent wax touch to complicate the texture. Very fruity grapey, but there are white flowers and lemon skin on the nose. Ginger, herbs like mint and some white chocolate in the grapey mouth. Maybe I’ll come back with more tomorrow. Not very experienced with MT. This one is more gulpable than the bundsandstein, which is waxier, with an almost camphorated lemon note, more complicated and slightly more elegant and demanding. This is the fun party variety. Honestly I’d probably really dig a 50/50 blend in a glass. — 4 years ago
Giovanni Almondo
Roero Nebbiolo 2017
Calcabrina
Foglio 11 Umbria Rosso Sagrantino 2014
Really interesting wine. There are layers of fruit: black cherries and red cherries, purple plums, dried cherries and raisins and dried figs. The tannins are for real and leathery, but they also bring out some bruised red apple. I think it’s the chewy tannins with the lifted acidity that combine the fresh and dried fruit. It’s pretty stony and clean. As it warms up and takes on air there’s some brett-like animal aromas and porcini mushrooms. Long tannic finish rather than a sweet fruit finish. I’m sure some people smell coffee or cocoa powder in here. Really lively sagrantino. resembles an aglianico a bit, but with lighter colored fruits and without the tar. — 4 years ago
Vadiaperti
Greco di Tufo 2018
Pear and peach, both barely ripe. Some slight herbaceousness, sage or other garden herbs after they’ve flowered. There’s a struck match quality. There’s a really phenolic, almost-spicy, skin-like texture which is nice, but the finish is short. Tart rather than long. — 5 years ago
Markus Molitor
Sekt Brut Riesling
Foradori
Dolomiti Teroldego 2016
This wine opens like blueberry juice, it’s light and tart and acidic, with some cocão and grippy fine tannins. After an hour or two of air, the fruit fleshes out, purple plums and black cherries come pouring out. Maybe not platonic black cherries, but the kind you can usually get at the supermarket. There’s some blood/iron/meat, wet leather, and violets on the nose, and rose and mint wafting afterwards. The finish has the classic almond oil note, which fills out the short tannins. Not a long finish. Great with food, a bit lean on its own. — 4 years ago
Domaine les Alexandrins
Eclipse Drôme Tannat 2014
Maybe there aren’t any bottles floating around anymore, but I got lucky and snagged one. This is super juicy Tannat, which is not something I ever thought I’d say or hear. Dried cherries, super ripe plums, some underripe blueberry, a bit of funk on the nose. Graphite and leather too. There’s still great acidity which makes this gulpable. it’s an interesting wine, this mixture of dried fruits but bright and juicy acidity feels like it should be two different wines, but it’s not in any way disjointed or threadbare. It’s just got serious backbone, and long tannins. Like a northern Rhône Syrah without the floral aspects. It’s slightly meaty and spicy when first opened. The empty glass is restrained but all violet. I wish I could’ve had this a couple of years ago but it’s still really lifted yet soft tonight. — 5 years ago
Chris Shultz
The app keeps eating my notes. Big super ripe Anjou pear. There’s some cream and white chocolate as it warms. It’s broad and fat and not very long. Some liveliness, certainly some acid, but a bit round and lacking some length for me. There’s a bit of spiciness that makes the finish longer than it otherwise would be. — 4 years ago