Peter Sultan

9.4

2nd time through this bottling: the nose deserves special mention as it really lands the day before touching glass to lips, it’s that fragrant & potent: lemon curd, white blossoms, endive, but special ly made by some wacky German cousin of Willie Wonka. Little did I know that Roter Traminer is a kissing cousin of Gewurtztraminer ( if I followed the lineage properly) so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. On palate the fragrance notes are there, but neither shrill nor imbalanced, with a medium styled body & a slight viscosity I like. For some reason could imagine mushroom dishes pairing beautifully. — 7 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Classic Austrian red nose with dark fruit (plums!) and a pinch of allspice & cloves.
Medium bodied, nicely balanced and with a juicy tannic frame filled by ripe plums & cherries. Good depth & nice purity. Plus a long finish. What’s not to like? — 2 months ago

Iwan

9.2

Crisp and electric. Green apple and mineral. Slightly bitter aftertaste. — 8 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. Like laible on steroids.

Nose: smoky minerals. Like throwing stream water on a hot smooth rock.

Palate : very dense. Intense. Really good. Mineral blast. Perfect lemon.

Lacks the complexity for me to push it into the 9.6+ realm but fantastically delicious.

Fass selections — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Wonderful elegant and so long. — 10 days ago

Aravind A

9.3

Pop and pour. Disappearing quickly. On the nose: pear, lemon oil, wet stone, hazelnut. On the palate: lovely acidity, but really stunning density, hazelnut oil, lemon, soft pepper and limestone. Wow. Really lovely and slathered in minerality. — 8 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Stunning nose. Mineral. Huge flowers. Honey. But Activist honey. Nectarine. Lillies. Palate is so elegant. Juicy and so long. So finessed and refined. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Grapefruit, sage, black currant aromas. Juicy and so clean. Like, black currant. Long, grapefruit and herbal. — 10 days ago

Todd Scurci

9.6

#sonomapinot #gotham — 2 months ago

with Jason

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Good as alway. See reviews. — 8 months ago