Daniel Bloom

9.2

Upon opening and initial pour, this is severe in its dryness and austerity. Brings to mind ( well, my warped mind), very pale tanned blonde leather upholstery,Saddle leather.,Baguettes. With the sea and salt marsh hanging back. Let it sit and air for a bit while I prepared chicken breasts salmoriglio with lots of lemon, come back and it sings with matching acidity and on the finish, an interesting broad dried orange peel that is perfectly there. On day two, the dried orange peel comes to the nose, and a sweet, malty character makes itself known in the mid palate.
A weirdo let’s make Manzanilla with no fortification by Navazos and Niepoort. Rewards aging. Definitely a “table wine” for Sherry freaks. I count myself as one.
With Randy
Thanks @winesolutions — a month 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

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

Ericsson

8.9

Surprise surprise: nineteen year old Austrian Bläufrankisch! This blew my mind; bought the last couple of bottles for less than fifteen bucks each at some old NYC wine shop earlier this year. Figured I couldn’t loose more than that and what do you know: better than any young-half-willed-poser-red out there. Deep ruby color. Nose is definitely old with loads of cigar, coffee, leather chocolate and damp forest. Palate is dry, medium alcohol, full bodied, high acidity, high tannins, with dialed down rustic flavours. The fruit on the palate comes around after a double decant and some aeration in the form of tart dark cherry and black berry. Medium tannic finish. Good wine. Yes, saving the other bottle to surprise some other wine freaks out there. Cheers. — 4 years ago

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

Daniel Bloom

9.3

Barbadillo tried to make a direct from the boot/butt/barrel unfiltered organic manzanilla. This is it , 3500 btls. Drink ‘em young. Delicious, as if your head were in a yeast covered barrel. All from Albariza soils which are chalky white. I’m guessing there may be some relationship between these and the soils under Chablis.
This smells like this weird combo of chalk, lime peels,seawater, yeast and old wood. I could smell it for ages.
The entry is gentle , broad and mouthfilling, giving seashore, something ancient that’s unquantifiable, and lots of yeasty goodness as if one’s head were stuck into a butt. Amazing stuff. Sherry freaks rejoice.
With Randy. — 2 months 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

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

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

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

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. — 7 months 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

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

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. — 7 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