Jamie Lauder

9.0

2022 vintage.
Demeter certified Biodynamic methods of viticulture.
Grown in stony, sandy soils with high content of limestone.
Vines are between 13-32 years of age.
Straw yellow with pink highlights.
Dry but with fruity flavours of peach, melon and yellow flowers.
A bit spicy with a slight peach pit bitterness on the finish.
This wine also spends 9 months on its lees to give round mouth feel on the finish.
— 3 days ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.3

Ruby to garnet
Crunchy
Big cherry, black truffle, mushrooms, preserved peaches, iron. Long and fresh.
This guy apparently has worked with all the top sangiovese handlers such as Palmucci, Gambelli, Manetti and so on, but lost the train to become famous and still he is doing the right thing
This is just more than an ordinary Montecucco and fits perfectly in the "serious sangiovese" bracket. I expect it to age beatifully for quite a while. Demeter producer. — 2 years ago

Friday Hill

9.7

Organic
Biodynamic
Touch sweet
— 5 years ago

Nicole Dias

8.9

Fun skin contact wine that paired nicely with cheese, salad, and light pasta — 6 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

The nose evolved quite a lot over the past 45 minutes. A bit closed and citrusy at first, it shows now minerally notes like chalk and crushed oyster shell. There is white peach, wheat, white flowers too. This is super complex. As always with furmint there is a strong acid drive, but here peach, lemon and even pineapple notes give it balance. There is almost a residual sugar impression. The texture is soft and there is a bit of weight on the sides. The mid palate is a ball that expands and the finish is a fresh, fun, peachy, pineappley, lemony delish that goes on for a while . This is a great effort. Tokaj winemakers have access to an outstanding terroir and make wonders out of it. I'm surprised they don't yet get the same credit recognition and love as some other winemakers from other, more laudated, wine regions. This is outstanding, and it goes for less than 10 euros at the cellar door. — 2 months ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.1

2018 vintage. 60 Zweigelt 30 Blaufrankisch 10 St. Laurent, Demeter certified. Light-bodied, elegant, and floral-spicy. Candied cherry, red plum, candied violet, red apple peel, crabapple, pomegranate, perfuminess reminiscent of nutmeg, allspice, and incense. Good warm weather red for fans of PN and Beaujolais. — 5 years ago

Romain Fitoussi

9.1

First class Côte-du-Rhône (Grenache Blend with Mourvedre and Syrah): round, gourmand, very digestible (Demeter) Rich aromatic range. Long finish. Go for it! — 5 years ago

Vanessa

9.5

Nikolaihof is among the oldest winemaking estates in Austria with roots going back approx. 2,000 years. The estate sits among Roman ruins and ancient structures. It was acquired by the Saahs family in 1894, passing from generation to generation since then.🤩🤩

In 1971 it was one of the first estates in the world to adopt biodynamic practices and has been Demeter certified since 1998. Its vineyards can be found on steep hillsides of the Wachau region (a UNESCO World Heritage site) in Austria, overlooking the meandering Danube River, with geographical features that help fuel ripening and moderate temperatures during the growing season. ☀️🌱

This wine is medium (trending deep) gold in appearance. 👁️

👃🏻 On the nose are complex aromas with pronounced notes of peach skin, nectarine, ripe papaya, dried apricot, yellow apple, honeysuckle, peony, steely minerality, wet stones, orange marmalade, hay, fennel, damp leaves, honey, cream, and petrol.

👄 On the palate this wine is dry with mouth-watering acidity, mouth-coating and textural qualities, medium alcohol (12.5%), flavors match the nose, and a long, polished finish.

It’s hard to believe this wine is essentially 24 years old, as it has retained incredible vibrancy adding lift to the earthy and honeyed characteristics. It was bottled in June, 2016, after nearly 16 years aging in old Austrian casks, resting underground in Nikolaihof’s dark Roman-built cellar.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 — a year ago

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Romain Fitoussi

8.9

A charming nature chianti, evolved, black fruits ( plum, black cherry, prune). Medium+body, Beautifully smooth in the mouth. Chocolate, vanilla, toasted mêlâtes notes with oaky -type, smoked breeding notes, carried by a flint-type mineral weft. Rare price/pleasure ratio.

Un charmant chianti nature évolué, fruits noirs (cerise noire, pruneau). Corps moyen+, belle souplesse en bouche. Notes torréfiées chocolat, vanille fondues aux notes d’élevage typées chênes, fumées, portées par une trame minérale typée silex. Rapport prix/plaisir rare. — 2 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.3

Meinklang is one of my favorite producers anywhere and we finally scored most of their lineup for the first time I can remember in Austin. Like Foradori, Meinklang is a picturesque self-sustaining Demeter certified biodynamic and organic farm which happens to make insanely good wines.
This is just about the prettiest shade of Pinot Grigio (aka Grauburgunder) I’ve ever seen.
It’s expertly assembled - sour honeyed tangerine and apricot.
Graupert is slang for a scruffy or wild soul - the Pinot gris is grown untrimmed, left to spread its vines wild.
Captured a Meinklang sunset in my glass. — 5 years ago