Haardter Herrenletten Spätlese Riesling

Squeaky clean and totally delicious. @Austin Ferrari creeping in the background!

Very good, took a while to come alive, some funk, good mineral, loads of pink gfruit... Vintage 2006

2010.

With 5 different wursts & spaetzle- wowzers

Some of the strangest Riesling out there. I think it's the minerality that reminds me of Fantastik cleaner. One of the most baffling white wines I have had in some time. Last 07 Haardter had was godly; last 2010 Herrenletten spat was wonky in a similar manner. Strange terroir perhaps.

Funky Austrian red with a solid dose of "sous bois humide" @ Terroir Tribeca

Straw yellow color. Nose is very floral, some truffle maybe?? But overall very restrained.
On the palate it really shines, tons of flavor. Great food wine. Viscous, slightly bitter. Beautiful acidity, integrated and in perfect balance with the residual. Long long finish!

At Auberge du Soleil with Chef Robert Curry cooking his ass off. Perfect with foie gras, Meyer lemon risotto, lobster salad.

Very young. Needs time to reach its potential but still very elegant with juicy stone fruit, spicy ginger and lime leaf, green tea and minerals. Sweetness well balanced and lifted by a prickly effervescence on the palate. A bright future ahead of it.

Rich without being too unctuous. Apricot with some savory elements. Big time stuff.