Pinotman /// Andreas

9.5

An extraordinary wine of beauty and at the same time wild - a wild beast really. Mostly raspberry notes, crushed marble, tart, cherry. And spice, touch cardamom. Herbs oregano and some thyme. Orange peel. Definitely whole clusters in this one. Needs 1 hour of air. But i would say drink now. A real treat for the E&M freaks. 2016 was across a terrific vintage for them. — 5 months ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

For the fruit lovers, the yeasty boys, the acid freaks.

An even split of apple cores, mealy pear, luscious cherries, crusty sourdough, lemon and spice. Personality and complexity and layers to dissect - in the aromas, elegantly expressive. In the palette, powerful, concentrated, long.

Something for everyone. — 4 years ago

John Tan

9.2

Wine Mouth on Good Friday. Deep, complex nose. Beeswax, apricot. Textured. Good wine.

The NV White Revolution (L1-1307/16) is a wine for Jura freaks. Based on a solera started in 2013 with Riesling and enriched with intracellularly fermented Chardonnay (in 500-liter amphorae) and Scheurebe, the yellow-golden wine opens with a clear, intense and spicy bouquet with ripe fruit aromas. Slightly creamy but also pure and piquant, this is a dense and well-structured white that is intense and fresh but lacks style and direction and fails to speak to me, although it's really good. RP87 — 4 years ago

Garnet Kindervater

9.2

Wonderfully even. It’s like Jason Seagal in Freaks and Geeks: There’s an edge there, and it’s sentimental, so you like it, because it still has baby fat but is also kind of rock and roll. And has poignant clarity from grape peels. — 5 years ago

Darren Dittrich

9.7

Youthful but very enjoyable now, especially for fellow acid freaks. At first, candied strawberry, with balancing acidity and tannins (both high). Given some time, more traditional Barolo notes emerge... highly aromatic violets and rose hips, with a bit of sandalwood and light tobacco behind sour cherry. This might sound like other Barolos, but it’s significantly different, and from a more ethereal plane. Likely one of those wines that would be tough to nail down with age due to high aromatics and sweet fruit, which would be less prominent with 10-15 years of age. Perfectly happy now, in my glass. — 7 years ago

with Mike and James

Aaron Tan

9.0

I always thought of Taras as a smart winemaker. Technically brilliant, with a lo-fi philosophy. It really shows in his wines - real crowd pleasers with the ability to satisfy the most VA-sensitive winemakers to the biggest natty freaks. No different here! This was destroyed on the table. Crunchy, nervy red blend (Pinot Noir, Grenache, Gamay, Gewürztraminer, Syrah, Pinot Gris, Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay) that is built for glugging. Mix of bright red and black fruits, spicy, herby, plain delicious. — 7 years ago

cat perry

8.9

Slightly bitter cherry leather strap, with the lightest touch of forest undergrowth. An unobjectionable natural wine (nw) for nw freaks like me. Not a raver but very good nonetheless and may please your more conventional friends at the same time. Fancy that. — 2 years ago

Dave Mayers

9.5

‘19s are finally ready to rock in my humble opinion. Always a banger. How do you describe Riesling to a noob? Massive acidity and minerality. But in a good way. Lemon, pineapple, petrol, maripan notes. But in a good way. You know what? Don’t bother. More for us german freaks. — 3 years ago

Jason Keefer

9.0

Where all my Γουμένισσα freaks at!?!!? Very barolo like with tobacco, mushrooms, smoke, and some violets. Ripe since it is 15 years old, probably drink soon but tastes very nice right now! — 4 years ago

with Natasha

George Yasutake

9.3

Multiple layers going on here! One of my fellow wine freaks said: “great funk on the nose, tastes of plum & cherries.” — 5 years ago

with Marvin

Matt Perlman

9.4

A very rare still Chardonnay from Champagne rock star Bereche and it tastes like...well, flat Champagne, in the best way possible. Raging, mouth puckering acid, creamy and long, candied citrus, baked orchard fruit, pastry crust, marzipan, chalky minerality for days. Acid freaks: come ride the lightning, others need not apply — 7 years ago

Jim Nelson

9.0

Curious about the wine, which I like a lot. Curious about the dude on the label, who slightly freaks me out — 7 years ago

Andrew Lohse

9.1

Acid freaks indulge — 8 years ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.5

Pleasing. Sweet and soft attractive nose. A wine that can give great pleasure to the lesser freaks. 94-95 — 2 years ago

Daniel Bloom

9.1

You stick your nose in the glass and you’d swear that you’re in the vineyard squishing grapes between your fingers.
The earth comes up a bit, very gentle tannins tug at your inner cheeks. Lush and light simultaneously. For label freaks, more for your money. There’s hints at herbs around the edges, but this is pure grape bliss. With fatty foods, the acidity cuts right through.
Thanks @FassSelections — 3 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.0

Soft Chablis to disappoint the acid freaks, but I like it - sitting refreshingly in a delicate state of zen. Soft textures, riper fruit and bit of zip. This isn't nuanced or challenging, but it's very well all in balance. Aromas of smoke and floral accents just barely there. Acid restrained by a generous dollop of cream. Yellow and green apple without a give one way to sour or sweet but hitting it right on the mark right in the middle. — 4 years ago

William Paley

9.5

very snappy lemon bar mineral-laden acid trip with the viscosity of khiels face serum and a trace of honey on the finish. this is a lovely wine. get over yourself if the bottle freaks you out. loves an oven roasted endive which coaxes out some bitter melon notes and puts a highlighter on the illusion of effervescence. well played. — 5 years ago

with Jess

Ely Cohn

9.1

Candy for the Chenin freaks like me. Preserves varietal character better than most sparkling Vouvray. Off dry with about 14g of RS, all of which comes from pressed juice (no dosage). Baked red apple, blanched almonds, and spiced honey cake. Powerful big textures. — 6 years ago

George Yasutake

9.7

The best wine of the night! Bested Phelps Insignia 2003-5 (from previous wine freaks dinner @ Actelion), Palazzo Cabernet franc 2010, Meteor 2006, Pride Syrah 2006, Foxen 2010 Block & Bien Nacido Vineyard. — 7 years ago

with Brian

Tom Inners

9.3

Snappy! This wine brings the pop. Great acid and dryness at its core, this builds the framework for this wine’s structure and ability to hold greater complexity in its expression of fruit. Lemongrass, ripe grapefruit, candied kumquat, slate, and petrichor zip across the palette. I’ve had other bottlings from this producer in mixed vintages but this one clearly rises to the top in 2014. At a great place to enjoy now. Grip & rip. One for the acid freaks — 7 years ago