So much flavor wrapped up in a bright, almost too easy to drink package. No mistaking this for anything but Riesling with an exuberant nose of tangerine, petrol, and pool toys. Great body with supple fruit and mouth watering acidity. Delicious now but sure to cellar well for at least a decade.
More info: the Tesch single plot wines are always spatlese trocken (usually around 12.5%), with around 4 g/l of RS and 7.8 g/l acidity, with no oak.
Krone vineyard: south east facing slopes, dry site with soils ranging from loess limestone to weathered sandstone. — 5 years ago
I like the weathered hands photo on the label. Looks muy autentico. Dark color. Lighter than the others from #CorazonProfundo, but still pretty dark. Smells fruity. Ripe black olives and berry jams. Flavors are good. Tart. Smooth. Bit of bitterness. Licorice and flowers. It’s a nice Spanish wine. A bit simpler and less extracted than some other Granacha I’ve loved. Still this makes for a great bottle to go with pasta or bar b que (and the $7 price at Grocery Outlet is perfecto!). — 5 years ago
Planted in 1964, on deep granitic sand, and some on the darker clay loam that’s weathered from limestone. Dry farmed!!!!, head trained, and organic. Riesling roots can go down up to 60 feet. So these vines get their 💦. Dry, 13.5%. Aged in foudre for 10 months. A heirloom. Almost no diesel aka kerosene. Plenty of acid. Jasmine. Not my cup of tea but interesting. — 6 months ago
An 8 year old Chianti that had fully transitioned to secondary and tertiary notes of earth, cigar box and old weathered leather. Not a single fruit note. Fun and easy to drink as we were exploring the trails we had freshly cut into the mountain side and with our last home grown to tomatoes on the bruschetta’s. — 4 years ago
Deep dark berries, strong cigar shop, weathered leather on the nose. Light bodied red with cranberry, orange, tight notes of leather and green tea, hints of cigar spice on a juicy medium-length finish. Nicely done, probably would go well with seafood and pasta. — 5 years ago
No one chooses to have these kinds of bottles, the bottles themselves choose you. From the first whiff, you can smell the age; dried cherries, weathered leather, a trace of cigar box, and a hint of vanilla that lingers like memories of wilder days. On the palate, the wine unfolds slowly, each layer revealing the finesse of a life lived with grit and grace. The tannins, softened with age yet carrying a hint of defiance. — 7 months ago
Lot to ingest on that label. Smells of weathered wood in the sun and sweat? Or maybe hot sandstone in the rain? Streak of smashed berries and cherries too. Flavor is pure Cab. Leather, wood, brooding fruit, tomato leaves, and cassis. This is lovely stuff. Makes the grade and then some. — 5 years ago
Amanda Speier
All the berries, some flint, weathered leathered tobacco. Ross favorite. Overlooking Saint Paul de Vence. — 2 months ago