Vindimian Rudi
Château de Montfaucon
Comtesse Madeleine de Montfaucon Côtes du Rhône Clairette 2017
Rudi Pichler
Wösendorfer Kollmütz Smaragd Grüner Veltliner 2012
Rudi Rüttger
Le Tendre Pfalz Riesling 2022
Rudi Ruttger Le Tendre Riesling 2022
Pfaltzgraff
Pale lemon color.
Aromas of lime.
Medium-dry. Flavors of lime, mineral.
Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 1/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 2 years ago
Campi Rudi
Appassimento Passito Puglia Red Blend
The most simple and delicious dinner wine. Goes with all things Italian and more. — 4 years ago
Weingut Jürgen Hofmann
Fritz Müller Perlwein Trocken Müller-Thurgau
Date drank: October 2017
Year: NV
Producer: Fritz Muller
Grape: Muller Thurgau
Region: ?
Distributor/Importer: Rudi Wiest - Cellars International
Natty: no
Tasting Notes: Nice sparkling white. TROCKEN = dry. Light bubbly, clean finish. Some fruit. Peachy and citrus — 5 years ago
Rudi Pichler
Wösendorfer Hochrain Smaragd Grüner Veltliner
One of the most profound & satisfying gruner’s I’ve had. Notes of white pear, daffodils, green peas, white pepper, with floral and almost marzipan qualities all come together harmoniously & dance on the tongue & drives home with an intense mineral backbone. Beautiful. — 8 years ago
Château de Montfaucon
Baron Louis Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend 2007
OK, I’ve posted on these “older” Baron Louis CdR from Montfaucon before, not certain the exact year that Rodolphe (Rudi) des Pins sought DOC for this cuvée as Lirac (2014??), but my understanding is that the earlier vintages were also (mostly? all?) Lirac grapes (dating back to 1998, at least, since you KNOW I likely still have a bottle of that 1998)!! Anyway, label says 40% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Cinsault, 10% Carignan, 10% Mourvedre, 10% Counoise.
At age 18, this would give a heck of a lot of older Gigondas/CdP a run for their money, lovely color, still quite youthful and structured, quite a long finish, my congrats to Rudi (who is my brother’s close friend, but I consider Rudi a friend as well, plus I’ve been in the historic, 1,000-year-old Chateau de Montfaucon on the Lirac side of the Rhone River across from the vineyards of CdP).
A poor man’s CdP, it’s that complex and age-worthy!! — 8 months ago
Château de Montfaucon
Côtes du Rhône Red Rhône Blend 2011
Really nice color still, from a vintage lacking accolades, yet Rudi made a really fine little CdR this vintage, medium-long finish, very good! Cepage here is 50% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 15% Carignan, 10% Cinsault, 5% Counoise; in these earlier days, before Rudi segregated his Lirac fruit from his other CdR fruit (both in this CdR and in the “Baron Louis” CdR), this CdR was a screaming value with great quality; however, I now much prefer the basic Lirac and “Baron Louis” Lirac to the regular CdR still being produced at this domaine!! — 2 years ago
Rudi Pichler
Terrassen Smaragd Wachau Riesling 2016
Good. A little bit of green apples on this, perhaps a little oxidized cause it felt like a lot older bottle but serious stuff — 5 years ago
Rudi Pichler
Weissenkirchner Achleiten Smaragd Riesling 2013
Can’t imagine paying $100+ for this, but it is a viscous, layered, tropical stunner. Pineapple and apricot spread to every corner of the palate with a long, luxurious finish. Teriyaki glazed pork? Soup dumplings? What to pair this with? Awesome wine with another fifteen years ahead of it. — 6 years ago
Weingut Rudi Pichler
Wachauer Federspiel Wachau Riesling 2016
So...I ordered Gruner and didn’t realize I was drinking Riesling until looking back at this photo. That explains what it was off. Nothing to add except the tables enjoyed it. — 8 years ago
Château de Montfaucon
Baron Louis Côtes du Rhône 2009
[40% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Cinsault, 10% Carignan, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Counoise] So, quick backstory on this one, the proprietor of Montfaucon and my brother spent a year together at UCD in whatever degrees they each got, but it was Viticulture and Enology, about 35 years ago, which about 20 years ago led to their producer/importer relationship. Anyway, Rodolphe (Rudi) always labeled this as a Côtes du Rhône, but most of the fruit was actually grown within the confines of Lirac. Eventually Rudi decided to join the Lirac grape growers association, and separated this cuvée into Lirac “Baron Louis” and Lirac and Côtes du Rhône. So, bottom line, this 50-90 year-old-vine cuvée (apparently 12 months in small oak barrels, but I’d guess NOT new) Lirac (CdR in this case) has always drank like a mini-CdP, and this 2009 is mature, or close, but still shows great acidity and balance (14% ABV), medium-long finish, very, very fine Côtes du Rhône!! K&L in SF (direct import) and I believe Kobrand on East Coast import these wines!! Finally, for full disclosure, Rudi is a friend, I have NFI, but I do have a lot of his wines in my cellar. Anyway, not sure what vintage was “relabeled” Lirac instead of CdR, but at least starting by 2014 the “Baron Louis” you might see at retail will be “Lirac”!! — 10 months ago
Rudi Wiest
Hooked Riesling
Sure, it’s a gimmicky label, sure it’s a no name, importer brand Mosel- but for under 13$, a nicely balanced kabinet style ( but Qba) reisling. For the Mrs, rs & acid the right way. I’d be curious who supplies the grapes — 5 years ago
Mountfaucon
Monsieur Le Baron de Montfaucon Vin de Pays du Gard Red Rhone Blend 2012
Lovely soft redfruits, great balance and restraint, a blend of 15 Rhône varietals (including white grapes), great acidity, a very fine southern Rhône rouge from a good vintage!! (Disclosure: My brother imports this wine and I am friends with Rudi, the proprietor of Montfaucon.) — 6 years ago
Doug Powers
This 2017 Lirac is 99% Clairette (and 1% Grenache Blanc) from an old head-pruned vineyard with 125-year-old vines which always produces such an unique white wine, some of the previous vintages have seemed to develop rather quickly, but this well-balanced beauty is still going strong at age 9, long, lingering finish, Rudi nailed this vintage, lovely!! — 4 months ago