Jakub Kalinowski

9.4

So pure, poised & perfumed - restrained yet so fine. Fresh. Crunchy light cherries, wild strawberries, wet moss, fresh sappy tree bark, a enticing whiff of violets. After some time some wet rocky minerality emerges.
On the palate this is rather light yet with presence, depth & purity. Amazing energy. Fresh, elegant & poised. The tannins are grippy but so finely polished & juicy. Cool, light footed, so juicy.
Wow. This is a really fine wine! — 3 years ago

Mike Smith

9.0

This is a Pinot Noir - dry. From the eastern bank of the Rhine River, in Germany's Rheingau wine region. Assmannshausen specializes in red wine. — 7 years ago

Petra Thieriot

Owner/Importer Dee Vine Wines

10

Great vintage for Pinots all over Europe and especially those from Assmannshausen...drinks beautifully now and will keep for another decade at least. #Spätburgunder — 11 years ago

with Dade

Freek Welter

9.0

@Delectable this is the spätburgunder assmannshausen la première — 4 years ago

Riddley Walker

9.2

Земляника, клубничный джем, красный чай, барбарис, шиповник, соевый соус, заваренная мята. Легкое тело с шелковой кислотностью и незаметными танинами. Свежо, соблазнительно, сбалансированно, с обманчивой, гладкой естественной простотой и непринужденной легкостью движений. — 6 years ago

with Vladimir

Dade Thieriot

10

1997 was, in our humble opinion, the finest year of that decade, which boasted excellent quality in perhaps all but two vintages!
The Pinots from the Assmannshäuser Höllenberg are indeed legendary--this auction Spätlese is intense, concentrated, very complex, and perfect to drink now. — 10 years ago

with Manuela, Petra and 2 others

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Gorgeous nose of sour cherries, early season cherries and gorgeous deep minerality. The perfect 50/50 mix of cherries and almost chalky/limestone minerality. Floral as well. So clean, deep and penetrative. Palate is balanced and so so pure. Gorgeous acid and mouthfeel with teeming cherry fruit. So barely sweet and outrageous finesse and depth. Pitter patter of a finish that melts on your palate. Wow. Finish is terrific. Sappy and generous. Also the crazy superb intense minerality on the palate. Still has terrific structure and is teeming with energy and minerals. Almost a clay like mouthfeel in the finish. This will slowly unfurl like the rest of the Chat Sauvage wines. Brilliant in such a subtle way. The wine stays with you on the finish. Concentration and depth pick up with air. Between 9.3/9.4 for now. More like 9.35999999. — 4 years ago

Byron Fuller

9.1

2012 Hoellenberg Spaetburgunder Goldkapsel (Auction wine). Classic Rheingau pinot "hardness." Very very good but not a charming wine, rather an intellectual one. — 9 years ago

Petra Thieriot

Owner/Importer Dee Vine Wines

10

VDP Auction. Pretty bitch'n! I am so excited to be in Germany in less than 3 weeks attending the VDP auctions!!! — 11 years ago

with Dade, Manuela and 1 other