Kaiserstuhl, Baden
Enderle & Moll
Weiss & Grau Burgunder Weißburgunder Grauburgunder 2025
I was surprised when this turned out to be an orange wine, but not at all disappointed. Beautiful amber color, medium bodied, with a strong nose of ripe, sweet fruit, with good acid, and notes of navel orange, Meyer lemon, sweet cream (though VERY light), with hints of mustard, celery and other subtle vegetal notes. Palate is smooth, with great energy and well integrated creamy motes of ripe orange, blood orange and grapefruit, but not tart, with more prominent vegetable notes, maybe some more anise and celery. At the finish there’s even hints of some smoky BBQ, which ends in a dry, slightly spicy and savory hue. — 2 months ago
Enderle & Moll
Baden Pinot Noir 2014
CVed them to Fung and it’s still that steely yet elegantly austere style that grows on you — 3 months ago
Ziereisen
Baden Blauer Spatburgunder 2022
Another solid vintage of Ziereisen’s Entry Level Baden Spatburgunder. Dark garnet color with a ruby core. Fragrant aromas of red cherry/berry fruit, forest floor and a hint of smoke. Flavors of sour cherry, unripe strawberry and pomegranate fruit with additional hints of dried herbs, savory spices and minerals. Long lasting earthy finish and extremely smooth tannins. Medium bodied with a very smooth texture and a bit of tension. Rustic but quite elegant at the same time. Excellent quality for a reasonable price. — 4 months ago
Henrik Möbitz
Koepfle Pinot Noir 2012
Well i think the 2010 vintage was a bust but this 2012 is stellar. A cellar find - i cleaned up - did bring it to a party were - i am sorry to say / the “clowns” (except the host) did not get what was in front of them so 1/3 of the bottle was left behind. Bottle 343 out of 450. Super earthy and big. Just 13% more a steak pinot - than a salmon one. Tea leaves, dark fruit, iodine, lime. Will put this under Argon and drink the rest tomorrow! — 6 months ago
Ziereisen
Jaspis Däublin Syrah 2022
A mineral blizzard of limestone, blackberry and crushed rock, so site-driven and Pinot-coded that I would never call it Syrah blind. The palate is massive yet extraordinarily refined, with grandiose concentration, tiny-berry purity, exceptional freshness and the creamy authority of a truly great wine. Rich, structured and deeply mineral, with ripe, sweet tannins and tremendous length. Still very young and clearly built for serious air and age. — 6 days ago
Andreas Laible
Durbacher Plauelrain Trocken Scheurebe 2023
Such a serious Scheuerbe. Gorgeous nose. Wild herbs, sweet lime, sage, blackcurrants. High toned and so wild. Aromas in neon lights. Palate is slamming. Concentrated, elegant and densely structured but oh so nimble and super pure. Unreal class and finesse. So stunning and what a finish. Savory and alive. Cannot wait to see what air does. — 2 months ago
Andreas Laible
Stollenberg Großes Gewächs Erste Lage Riesling 2021
Needs an hour of air. Becomes magnificent at that point.
N: white flowers and lemon floor wax. A hint of Passion fruit with air.
P: sweet lemon. Hint of apricot. Mineral. Laible brightness. Not as mineral as the Klingelberger. Very good density. Amazing deliciousness. Long. A great drink.
Fass selections — 3 months ago
Weingut Bernhard Huber
Malterdinger Pinot Noir 2022
Better when drunken at lower temperature
@Kay Delectable — 5 months ago
Ziereisen
Gestad Syrah 2022
This is backwards out of the gates but it’s all there. Huge density, power and concentration while remaining fresh and incisive. Needs an hour and I will be back. Needed way more than an hour. Still on day 2 this is dense and sinewy. Really structured but so fresh. Acts like high end Crozes or baby Hermitage. On day 3 this has finally come around! Like the 18 and 15! Unreal aromas and so expansive. Sweet, dense and long 9.4 to 9.5. But it was like pushing a boulder up a cliff. — 7 months ago
Enderle & Moll
Buntsandstein Pinot Noir 2012
World class. Fully mature. Cork in perfect condition. Brown tinged. This is how burghs used to taste before they were fine tuned for the rich and famous. I had difficulties with the 2011’s. But this B. and also the M. are perfect. Light and elegant, Bergamot, lime, cranberry, red currant, faintest hint of bitterness. — 2 days ago
Ziereisen
Heugumber Gutedel 2022
Wine tasting at Ziereisen. In Baden Effringen-Kirchen. Without doubt one of the top 10 winemakers in all of Germany and perhaps in the top 100 in the world. Went through all of his portfolio. This entry level Chasselat aka Gutedel was lemon driven mostly. Fantastic intro to the grape. And relatively inexpensive. — 2 months ago
Enderle & Moll
Baden Spätburgunder Rosé 2021
2021. Courtesy of @Pinotman /// Andreas. Disturbed, lake bottom brown color. Slightly muddy and tart nose. Medium body. Not my cup of tea but there is an immaculate, front palate flavor moment of perfectly aged red Burg/Pinot Noir of, say, 15-18 years. Everything else is held in check during that time. That safe harbor in the storm is my take away. 4.1.26. — 4 months ago
Pinotman /// Andreas
Perfect. I am not into high ratings or superlatives. But this is it. Powerful and ridiculous dense fruit. Elderflower mostly!!!! red and black currant. Can run another 2-3 years but wouldn’t risk it at this stage. My 2012’s were suitcase imports it was a time when the winery considered to stop importing to the US. I convinced them otherwise. One of the very few wines which still tickles my palate in ways other wines - just don’t! Often they just made one barrel 300 bottles. — 2 days ago