€11 spar. Sehr gut — a month ago
Tangy, zippy, crisp, zap! Sparkling spring water with a tiny buzz. Hard to believe this can get me tipsy. Feels like drinking kombucha. I feel healthy AF drinking it! Hopefully good for my gut! Yeah! — 2 months ago
Polished and with an heir of mystery and smokey green skin. A lot the way Gruner can be - savory herbs, dialed back on the pepper note. Gut&Edel has aromas of white flowers and toasted dandelion tea, tastes like pears, yellow apples, and starfruit. — 2 months ago
Like gut and slightly, slightly effervescent - refreshing rose — 2 months ago
Apple, goes down easy. Color: light green — 8 days ago
Adi Mai22 — a month ago
Wow, this shows how great dry Riesling can be. Mild petrol nose, bracing acidity of concentrated peaches and lime. A real chameleon as it warms as the body fills out. Wish I had more. — 2 months ago
My gut feeling on the identity of this blind was a young Brunello or Rosso with new oak. In hindsight, if I had been a little more methodical, the identity would have been obvious - the stickiness of the tannins as it hits the palate on the tongue was a dead giveaway of the Merlot (49%) component, while the directionality of the tannins as it moved across the palate along the gums (on the base of teeth) can clearly be attributed to Cabernet Sauvignon (51%). Flavours again tripped me. The Morello cherry aroma, sheen of volatile acidity, fresher fruit ripeness, elegant medium body, and tart acidity just never put me onto Bordeaux… but of course it was a Margaux.
This was a really elegant example of Bordeaux, but does come off a little simple - just juicy fruits (red on the nose, black on the palate) and new oak, which leaves you yearning for more complexity to fill the “void” between the flavours. It is perhaps still a little young at this stage (my notes came after 3 hours of aeration; started off real tight according to RL), so could offer more with cellaring. Notably, I enjoyed this without much palate fatigue, although the new oak still irks me. A huge victory for young Bordeaux in my books. — 2 months ago
Michael
Absolutely singing on day 2-3, wow, blaufrankisch rose has been coming up good lately — 24 days ago