Basel Cellars

Weingut Riehen

Le Petit Pinot Noir 2021

Lyle Fass
9.5

Absolutely phenomenal. Black raspberry, black cherry, white tea, flowers, some red currant. Stellar aromas. Unique. The palate is teeming with energy. Juicy, and slathering minerals. Velvety tannins but also substantial. This needs to flesh out but the underlying everything is brilliant. After 19 hours open the nose is softer and more expressive. Really a lipstick like intensity and just evolved so much overnight. Loads of Alpine spices. Palate is so round now but still has that energy and that barely there sweetness. Juicy and clean. Wonderful. 9.4 to 9.5. — 16 days ago

Ray, Steve and 5 others liked this

Weingut Riehen

Le Grand Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Lyle Fass
10

A perfect bottle of this wine. A true emotional experience. Can go toe to toe with any top white wine in the world. And it’s Sauvignon Blanc! Best bottle ever of this and wine of the trip so far. — 2 years ago

Severn, Erik and 10 others liked this
Lyle Fass

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@Erik Longabardi this is only le grand SB they ever madd but the 21 le petit sB is a knockout
Matthew Cohen

Matthew Cohen

@Erik Longabardi the chardonnay le grand is insane.
Erik Longabardi

Erik Longabardi

@Matthew Cohen I bet it is! Will lookout for it

Basel Cellars

Claret Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

12/04/23
Clarks
Berries. Earth. Slight bit of pepper?
— 3 years ago

Weingut Riehen

Le Petit Pinot Blanc Chardonnay 2021

Nose: white flowers.

Palate: delicious. Lemon fruit. Seeet lemon. Mineral. Long.

Fass selections
— 8 days ago

Zach, Lyle and 2 others liked this

Weingut Möhr-Niggli

Graf Maisprach Pinot Noir 2022

Lyle Fass
9.6

Superb. Brambly cherries, glorious spice and Alpine love. Really airy and expansive. Palate is full of minerals and energy. Gorgeous cherry fruit that is so pure and sapid. Velvety tannins that are so well knit. Needs air but this is a superstar. The texture became so creamy but it didn’t sacrifice its minerality. — 2 months ago

Jonathan, Marc and 7 others liked this

Weingut Riehen

L'Unique Pinot Blanc Chardonnay 2021

Lyle Fass
9.3

Wide open, saline, flowers, minerals and so expressive. Fantastic juiciness and sap. Super mineral and so engaging. Long finish. mineral, energy is off the charts, good dry extract and so so fresh. Sappy and dense but elegant. — 2 years ago

Rob, Severn and 6 others liked this

Basel Cellars

Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

11/26/22
The nose is phenomenal.
— 3 years ago

Weingut Riehen

Le Grand Chardonnay 2019

A quite interesting wine.

Nose: yellow flowers. A tinge of oxidation but pleasantly so.

Palate : yellow delicious but in a good way. Delicious. Dense. Long. Great acidity. It has this elegant dense richness. This roundness on the palate. Nutty. Toasted almond.

Fass selections
— a month ago

Andrew, Zach and 1 other liked this

Weingut Riehen

Le Cidre - Riechner Epfel Basel-Stadt 2018

Lyle Fass
9.8

Puligny Referts made from apples. — 3 months ago

Michael, Trevor and 7 others liked this
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Basel Stadt very few people actual know where this is.

Weingut Möhr-Niggli

Matthias & Sina Gubler Clos Martha Pinot Noir 2020

Lyle Fass
9.6

Gorgeous aromas. Mid season sweet cherry fruit, spices, some gorgeous sweet oak, wet earth, florals and aromas that penetrate deep in the nasal cavity. Almost some barely ripe blackberry and cassis. Really a whole world of difference than last August. Just silly good aromas. Palate is ripe and juicy with a lithe, silky texture. Awesome purity and balance and such haunting delicacy. Sweet fruit and so nimble this is shockingly great. I vastly underrated this last time. Sweet, lithe and ripe tannins. This is stunning and achingly beautiful. 9.6 for now. Let’s see what air does to this. — 2 years ago

Severn, Ira and 4 others liked this