Ely Cohn

8.9

Rustic, countryside. Woodsy cherry, with sweet raisins, dates, and a cedar core. There are roses and tar and other dusty notes on the periphery.

Powerhouse of flavor, with grippy tannins and a little bit of heat (14.5%) on the swallow. — 4 days ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.4

Old Calvados from a very good producer… starting to lighten in color. But intense caramel, butterscotch, and ripe red apples on the nose. Silken smooth and a long warming finish. Dangerously easy to slurp and swallow, swirl, slurp and swallow… repeat. Cold winter evening, roaring fire, 2-4 good friends… and all too soon the bottle is history. Note to self.. always have a backup! — 4 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2019 | hint of orange, stinking smell (positive), high acidity. This needs something to eat because of high bitters, lots of character. Swallow reflex. — 5 years ago

Sarah Pennock

9.4

Crisp swallow — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2021 | High end Chardonnay to adore. A very broad spectrum of impressions in smell, citrus, apple, almond, good balance and that appealing swallow-factor. Vines up to 78 years old. Very nice. — 10 months ago

romo

9.5

Co-WotN. Co-ferment. Co-Rotie. Co-visceral. Co-dominant. Co-velvety. Full swallow. Wow. — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

Man this is so young. 3-5 years at least from an early peak. But you can see the greatness. Man this is going to be a wine of a lifetime.

Nose is pungent cranberry flowers. An assault on the no trial. Nose petals peeking through. Some lilacs.

Palate is stunningly fresh. So delsignore. You get the amazing Nebbiolo fruit you’d expect from 16 but it’s as fresh as just picked grapes. Bright cherry. A bit of darker red cherry. A hint of licorice. Some cranberry fruit.

A beautiful wine.

On the swallow this is starting to show that “oh my god I can’t believe I’m drinking this” perfect balance of truly great wines.

As this opens piercingly intense. Pure pure pure. A hint of elegant brick like you get in old burgundy. Intense Dried rose petal extract.

Finish is so profound you leave it on the palate for like a minute sucking in air and mumbling “mmmph. Mmmph mmmph” it’s so good you do t want it to stop.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2006 | Proof Silvaner can age. Butterscotch in smell, rich bouquet, sweet touch with first sip, beautiful wine with the swallow factor. — 2 years ago

romo

9.7

A not-so-wee dram for my birthday reminds me how Mortlach separates from the herd. Transcendent light-bodied balance yet a finish that goes on in breath long after swallow. A poetic emotional drink. — 4 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.5

Vintage 2015 | sultry scent, plums, cedar, swallow reflex, finesse and elegance — 5 years ago