Pedro Luis Martinez
Genio Espanol Jumilla Monastrell
Took a flyer on this one from LastBottle, checked on seller tracker to see if it looked at as good vintage or not and everything seemed hunky-dory and then I get it. It’s just pretty basic. I’m glad I didn’t spend too much on it but for what it is basically a good table wine, it’s tasty. Fruit forward, strong, young, fruit, not a lot of balance or structure. Finishes easy, goes well with food.  — 2 months ago
Nikolaihof
Steiner Hund Riesling
White peach stone fruit in a hint, just a hint of diesel on opening, but the diesel smelled dissipated quickly and never came back. At first blasted almost a bit chewy yeast he kind of like a still champagne, but that changed as it opened up and got some subtle mineral notes along with the broad stone, fruit, white peach, apricot, you name it. Tried a little bit of smoked Gouda with it, and it definitely turned into a much better wine with the cheese and smokiness playing off the flavors of the semi crisp and fruity wine.  — 15 days ago
Château Durfort-Vivens
Le Plateau Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
I’m alive in the glass. Feels like such a good comment. Upon opening it was kind of closed off and a little bitter and tight and didn’t have much of anything and I was worried. I got a bad bottle. Give it 30 to 45 minutes of air and life spring into it. Fresh and youthful of flowers and a little chewing ass of a lean steak with pepper and spices. And then it developed more with the tightness of the structure slowly, giving way to crushed fruit and more floral, violet and rose, smells and flavors. After three days open, but kept in the fridge it has more of a crushed dried flowers again with the violet and the potpourri, muted plum and still a crushed red fruit. Delicious very very delicious.  — 2 months ago
Produttori del Barbaresco
Paije Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2020
Look, I work in agriculture, a farming, family, but damn farmer wine is good. I have not had any farmer or co-op wine in a long time that just meets the threshold of wow for this one. I mean just the color is beautiful clear Ruby and Claret with no obscuring whatsoever. This is not something we’re gonna be like oh a dissect the flavors for 30 minutes. It is good, solid amazing wine with clarity of color, absolute focus of flavor in beautiful concentration of the grape and the expression of the land and the spices, and a perfect balance of the acidity structure they’re in. I wish I would’ve bought more of this.  — 2 months ago
Cave de Tain l'Hermitage
Héritiers Gambert Nobles Rives Hermitage Roussanne Marsanne 2019
Waxy, stone, fruit, white peach, crumbly limestone mineral water without the chalkiness. Un ripe stone fruit and lychee fruit tang. Very delicious, wish I would’ve had it a tad bit colder.  — 18 days ago
Anita und Hans Nittnaus
Ried Neusiedl Lange Ohn Leithaberg DAC Blaufränkisch 2020
Waxed leather, dusty brick, slow cooked meat, wood smoke. Never had a wine from this area before and thoroughly enjoyed it, very earthy very visceral wine. Could if he’s a little more structured, but all things considered I’m not enough in an expert to say this that or whatever. Really delicious and went very well with giant pasta shells, high fat butter, and venison meatballs. No complaints.  — a month ago
Il Molino di Grace
Il Margone Riserva Chianti Classico Sangiovese 2020
Vivid clear, color and tight, concentrated fruit. Cherries and plums and juiciness. Very delicious, but also seem to fade very quickly and it’s flavor. Corked it for a day and a half and came back to something that was quite quickly on its way out and had become round and just grape juicy. Maybe that’s on me for leaving it.  — 2 months ago
Kurt Schuster
Intense, strong and unforgiving. Sweet, red berries and red fruits, crushed berries, a little bit jammy at times, but it doesn’t lose its structure. Definitely some plum flavors going on here and kind of a dusty and kind of a wood smoke thing going on. Intense with Gouda cheese and unexpectedly went well with a very meaty lasagna.  — 9 days ago