Rivera

Pungirosa Castel del Monte Bombino Nero Rosé 2022

Zack McDonald

9.1

My only sin was Italian in Berlin — a year ago

with Zorica

Weingut Alfred Walter

Weisserberg Riesling 2014

Ian Staub

8.9

@Delectable Wine this is the Weisserberg bottling. Having enjoyed the 2015s (a very different vintage) while in Berlin a few years back, I grabbed a few of these 2014s online upon returning home. The first couple bottles were underwhelming - very austere, lacking fruit and with a degree of minerality and acid that nearly stripped the enamel off my teeth. This last bottle, however, enjoyed a couple years later, suggests the wines were simply opened too young. There is now fruit here in spades - ripe orchard fruits and citrus, and a delightful green herbal character. Delightful stony minerality, and at this age some petrol is starting to develop. Acid is still providing nice structure. Nothing life changing but I’m glad I was able to see this through it’s early-mid range development. — 4 years ago

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