Christian Tschida Himmel Auf Erden II

I love the texture of this wine - just grippy enough to balance the honeyed/nutty/apricot/pineapple fruit. A little yeasty/hay undertone adds complexity. Not great QPR, and there are other wines that give similar pleasure for less. Still, pretty cool.

Gorgeous aromatics and great tannic structure.

Had at Karakterre 2023. Three thumbs up!

Very nice with a spot of age

‘Not for me’ and not for anyone. I left it in the freezer on New Year’s Eve and forgot until the next morning. It exploded (see the bottom of the bottle). 😭😭😭😭

Grippy texture, lovely honeyed undertones, herbs, grapefruit finish, structured, really gorgeous stuff. More skin contact wines like this please.

apricot, nectarine, nuts, good acidity

Previous vintages of this band-harvested and destemmed, foot-crushed, unfined and unfiltered blend of Scheurebe and Muscat have been quite nice, but as can happen with such a natural wine, there can be a great amount of variation from year to year, and batch to batch. This bottle of the 2017 has a pungent and persistent note of horse manure - really no other way to put it. Tons of minerality, yeastiness, and citrus rind on the palate, but it can't make up for the overwhelming, throat-grabbing taste of animal shit, which lingers and lingers and is just what one imagines it might taste like from the odor. Filthy with huge globs of mucosal brown sediment throughout. Better luck next time, Christian.

Great deep amber color. The acidity built up after the first glass.

Peaches, apricots, tyme. Sour beer-like quality. Medium bodied and smooth. Delicious.