Quinta dos Carvalhais
Dão Touriga Nacional 2020
A very decent red, without pushing the fruity side of Touriga N. or over extracting.
Elegant, restrained, black & blue fruit, with an earthy undertone and a whiff of mocca.
Juicy, fresh, with great flow & nice depth.
Nothing that will blow your socks off, but a very enticing, highly drinkable one. Nice. — 16 days ago
Weingut Peter Wagner
Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature
A delish delight from Baden.
100% Chardonnay with brilliant precision & depth.
Green apples, a touch of brioche, with a mineral undercore. Ultra fine bubbles and beautiful length.
Love the precision here & the depth. Juicy, crisp, delish. — a month ago
Emrich-Schönleber
Frühlingsplätzchen GG VDP. Große Lage Riesling 2019
Beautiful nose, full or ripe citrus, a touch of yellow stone fruit, candied orange peel, a bit exotic, but also a bit wild. There’s incredible cool freshness here, despite the ripeness. So enticing!
On the palate with racy, juicy, electric acidity but also ripe stone fruit, a slight touch of tannic grip, a brilliant stony minerality. This has great depth and brilliant purity but also some interesting edges and a smoky hint to it. Very complex. It’s not bone dry and the touch of wood aging adds a bit of creaminess.
I wouldn’t call it elegant but this is a great wine, full of character and energy.
Absolutely brilliant. And drinking so beautifully right now. — 7 days ago
Soalheiro
Reserva Monção e Melgaço Alvarinho 2023
Not your typical Vinho Verde.
This has substance, this has depth. And quite some power.
Enticing Jose of yellow stone fruit, a touch of grapefruit, a bit of pomelo, fresh, cool, juicy.
On the palate this has very nice presence, almost mid weight with a bit of fullness. Fresh stone fruit & pomelo underlined with beautiful minerality. Juicy, with nice purity and great depth. Quite serious and so drinkable & delish! — 22 days ago
Engelhof
Hohentengener Qualitätswein Trocken Pinot Noir 2019
Bodensee is slowly emerging as an interesting wine region.
This is another fine example of Spâtburgunder - nice precision, purity, with good red fruit, nice depth, very decent wood and nice flow. Quite elegant.
This is not (yet?) at the level of Aufricht or Seehaldenhof, but is drinking very nicely. — a month ago
Draaiboek Wines
Waagmoed Pinot Noir
Fresh nose, raspberries, damson plum, touch of spice, hint of bark. Enticing.
Round and quite soft on the palate, but not plush. Juicy acidity adds a cool freshness, there’s nice balance and good purity to the fruit. The wood perfectly integrated.
Def on the fruitier side and I expected a bit more depth and edge, which their whites have.
Pleasant sipping. — 10 days ago
Quinta de Chocapalha
Vinho Mãe Red 2018
45/30/25 Touriga N. /Syrah/Alicante B., fermented in lagares, aged 22m in French oak
This is a quite serious, elegant, rich red.
Spicy dark fruit, orange peel, a herby whiff, a touch of cocoa powder. Restrained, cool and elegant. Enticing, too.
Nice creaminess on the palate, the tannins quite present but nicely polished & juicy, the acidity fresh. Medium bodied, impeccably balanced and poised, elegant. The 14.5% alc perfectly integrated & unnoticeable. Good depth and super long, enticing finish with a dark chocolate note at the end. Drinking beautifully right now and quite a joy. Delish! — 20 days ago
Weingut Rings
Calcaire Blanc et Noirs Brut Nature Spätburgunder 2020
88/12 Pinot/Chardonnay from limestone, 0g dosage, aged in 500L used tonneau, degorged Nov ‘24.
Bone dry, precise & quite austere, with granny smith apples and fresh lemons, with fresh, cool, herby minerality.
Nice quality of bubbles, good froth. Zippy acidity and appley freshness. More a food wine than a bubbly to sip on.
Very good nonetheless. — a month ago
Jakub Kalinowski
Quite rich, slightly smoky, with yellow stone fruit and an exotic note.
Bright and juicy on the palate, with nice depth and cool minerality underneath the ripe yellow fruit (underripe peach, mirabelle plums).
Not as linear & cris as I expected but a very nice, juicy Riesling. — 5 days ago