Amass
Siro Pacenti
Pelagrilli Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2016
Tart cherries come together with nuances of dried flowers, citrus and old spice box as the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Pelagrilli opens in the glass. It’s silky and round, yet a core of salty minerality creates a savory tension, as bright red berries and inner florals amass toward the close. This finishes lightly structured with tart fruits and a hint of wild herbs. The Pelagrilli comes from the winery’s vineyards in the north, where the higher content of clay adds an attractively plush weight, which, coupled with 24 months in barrique, makes for a wonderfully opulent but balanced wine. (Eric Guido, Vinous, December 2021)
— 4 years ago
Gut Oggau
Winifred Blaufränkisch Zweigelt Rosé
Amass. Urtehave. Kartoffelbrød. Tynd. Brett. Alt godt. — 5 years ago
Valdibella
Sicilia Nerello Mascalese
At Amass, Copenhagen. — 8 years ago
Force Majeure
Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain Estate is highly expressive, wafting up with a dark and alluring blend of sage, dusty violets, crushed blackberries and spice. This is plush and supple yet energetic, with texturally deep red and black fruits that take on a crunchy sensation as saline minerals amass toward the close. It leaves balsamic spice and a bitter tinge of plum skins to slowly fade, finishing with incredible length. The 2020 is structured for the long haul. The tannin management is quite impressive here, making for a truly harmonious Cabernet from Red Mountain. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
— a year ago
Tiefenbrunner
Feldmarschall Von Fenner Zu Fennberg Südtirol-Alto Adige Müller-Thurgau 2018
The 2018 Müller-Thurgau Feldmarschall von Fenner from Tiefenbrunner is luminous gold in color with green hues in the glass. Its bouquet is stunning and perfumed with lime citrus-infused yellow flowers, white smoke minerality, wild herbs, green apple and savory exotic spice. There’s a richness to its depths of textural white orchard fruits, perfectly offset by stimulating acidity and a cooling hint of mint leaf, as inner florals amass toward the close. Wow, there’s so much going on here, and yet this is still so youthfully poised. I can imagine that a few years in the cellar will really bring the Feldmarschall to life. (Eric Guido, Vinous, November 2020) — 5 years ago
Sepp und Maria Muster
Steiermark Zweigelt 2013
At Amass, Copenhagen. — 8 years ago
Le Chiuse
Rosso di Montalcino Sangiovese 2020
A smoky mix of wild herbs, crushed rocks, young strawberries and rose petals wafts up from the 2020 Rosso di Montalcino. It’s seamlessly silky with nuances of candied citrus and bright cherry fruits that light up the palate, as exotic inner florals amass toward the close. The 2020 maintains energy throughout, finishing remarkably fresh yet also potent and long. This is one of the most elegant vintages I’ve yet experienced from the Le Chiuse Rosso, but watch out for its 14.5% abv. that can easily sneak up on you. (Eric Guido, Vinous, October 2022)
— 3 years ago
Tenuta delle Terre Nere
Cuvée della Vigne Niche Calderara Sottana Etna Bianco Carricante 2019
There’s an airy and inviting freshness to the 2019 Etna Bianco Calderara Sottana that pulls you close to the glass, as a nuanced display of dusty dried flowers, cardamom, crushed stone and honeyed orchard fruits comes forward over time. It’s silky and seductive on the palate, showing a pretty inner sweetness, with ripe pear giving way to notes of almond as inner florals amass toward the close. Minerals and hints of citrus sizzle throughout the long finale under an enriching air of custard. As beautiful as this is today, it will only get better over time. Simply stunning. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2021)
— 4 years ago
Jiménez-Landi
Las Iruelas El Tiemblo Garnacha 2015
The 2015 Daniel Gomez Jimenez Landi Las Iruelas is exotic and spellbinding from the first tilt of the glass, showing a bouquet of dried florals, crushed strawberries, and a dusting of Christmas spice, as it develops more complexity in the glass, with white smoke minerality, hints of black pepper, and leaning now toward the black fruit spectrum. It envelopes the palate in soft textures, deceiving at first, as a mix of tart red berry fruit descends upon the senses, further complicated by saturating minerals and savory spice, cheeks puckering from brisk acids as an air of sweet violet florals amass toward the close. The finish is long and spicy, with fine tannins clenching with a lasting twang of blackberry and citrus. Wow! — 5 years ago
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Vivid black cherry comes together with sage, shavings of orange zest and spice as the 2022 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley comes together in the glass. This is racy with cooling acidity and ripe red and blue fruits that saturate. Grippy tannins amass toward the close. It tapers off long and structured, leaving a pleasantly bitter tinge as hints of exotic spice linger on. (Eric Guido, Vinous, August 2024)
— a year ago