Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2016 | colour is browning, beautiful Pinot expression in smell, striking elegance in taste. We paired it with a meatball and salad. — 11 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Finally I get to taste the legendary 18. Been waiting for this day for almost a year. It does not disappoint. Nose is slightly muted but has stunning florals. Violets and mid season cherries. Really ethereal. Stunning earth and minerals. Just sick. Such clarity, detail and vividness. A nose one cannot stop smelling. Smells like elite 1er Cru Red Burgundy. Like VR or CM. Maybe a NSG near VR. This is the creme de la creme. My goodness this is a benchmark German Pinot. Wow. This is even better, albeit young on the palate. Sweet like you cannot believe and unreal power, depth and concentration. Such power but also grace. This is super refined and also has substantial structure and length. Wow the length. Nose gets so complex after 10 minutes or so. Just insane. Herbal, forest, wild flowers. Sickness. There are so many elements here it’s hard to describe. The sweetness on the palate is crazy. But it’s backed up by unreal minerality and earthiness. While this is obviously young this is the greatest young Thorle Pinot I’ve ever had. Just stunning.

Closes up with air and structure becomes more prominent but just massive power, depth and concentration. — 2 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

The best value Pinot value play in the Rheinhessen IMHO. Amazingly deep nose. So deep. So classy. Dark tee cherries. Violets. Layered, delicate and intense. Wow this nose smells like grand cru. It’s seriously the best nose I’ve ever smelled on this wine. It’s so refined and vivid. Palate is sweet, layered, structured and complex. This needs air but man is it all there. Big vivacious tannins and incredible sap and structure. Fresh and dense. What energy and depth. Big clamps down on the finish. Really long. I’ll be back in an hour. After air the nose gets more brambly. Palate gets even sweeter but high acid and nice sour cherries to counterbalance.

9.3 to 9.4 with air. Sweeter, deeper and more cut. Cuts a swath across the palate. Great. Long finish. — 2 days ago

Timmer McCarthy

9.4

@Delectable formerly Julia Beltram now Beltram-Baltes

Finally made it up to the Ahr Valley, stunning location and stunning Pinot Noir. Young producer just inherited the vineyards, making some exceptional wine — 23 days ago

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Iwan

9.2

This is my second bottle of Waisenhaus Spätburgunder in a few months, and this is just as enjoyable as the first one. Exceptionally well made for a ‘Landwein’. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

I love this wine. One of the most unique and distinctive Rieslings ever. Massively floral and mineral complexity on the nose. Just outrageous. Melon, citrus, spice, tangelo and so lifted. So pure. Nuanced. Superbly elegant and linear with delicious melon/citrus fruit and great inner mouth florals and an awesome fruit skin quality on the finish. So ethereal and pure. Lots of vim and vigor but also a lovely richness to the texture but never betraying its freshness and vivacity. Superb concentration and structure. Amazing depth here. Truly a brilliant wine. I’m sure this will open up and reveal more but really great on the P and P. Great, delicate and long finish. — a day ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Holy moly. This is psychotic. What a nose. Deep, penetrating, wild cherries, forest floor, so so perfumed. An earthy sweetness is just overwhelming. Amazing. So elegant and delicate. Yet so deep and vivid. Best young Probstey Pinot nose ever. Just ridiculous. Palate is sweet, dense and so clear. The clarity on this is bananas. Sweet, silky and super deep. Velvety tannins and so much energy. Terrific wood spice on the nose. Adds so much. Complexity on fleek. Almost painful concentration. Amazing cherries. A literal tiny berry fruit cherry explosion. Genius. Finish is all limestone, sweet cherries and velvet. A masterpiece. — 2 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose: drop dead gorgeous. Just that fusion perfume thing. Fruit. Mineral. Some age. Wow. As it opens this indescribable prettiness. Gods lemon oil.

Palate is great. Juicy. Almost a spicy mineral. Perfect apricot fruit. Very subtly apricotty. Amazingly delicious. A bit crunchy. Vibrant. Wow. As it opens gods sweet lemon.

Bought from fass selections. — 2 days ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has crushed ripe raspberry, cold brioche, orange peel and candied lemon.

Palate has tart raspberries, under-ripe Clementine orange, damp chalk, brown (molasses) bread with light minerality.

What a fantastic wine! Best Sekt Rosé ever...? — 8 days ago

Byron C Mayes

9.2

Damn! Star bright gold with yellow-green highlights. Abundant nose and mouthwatering (medium plus plus [sic] acidity) palate of honeyed yellow apples, honeysuckle, cling peach, and fennel(!) with a hint of smoky flint on the moderate finish. Very rich for a Kabinett, but then this is modern day Mosel and (Erben-)Thanisch has shown rich for decades. The Doctor is truly in and this expression of the universal white should satisfy in all situations. Pork dishes are, of course, a natural but your spicier Asian or Cajun fare will thank you just as earnestly. Drink half of your stash now and the rest will reward through 2034 or so. — a day ago