Peter Lauer
Nature Reserve 92 Riesling
Mosel, Germany
Intellectual and not hedonistic in any way. Total abscence of fruit, overwhelming herbal/mineral/mushroom/dirt/ash. Maybe there's a glimmer of preserved lemon? I loved tasting and dissecting and thinking about this wine, but I'm not sure I enjoyed drinking it.
Intellectual and not hedonistic in any way. Total abscence of fruit, overwhelming herbal/mineral/mushroom/dirt/ash. Maybe there's a glimmer of preserved lemon? I loved tasting and dissecting and thinking about this wine, but I'm not sure I enjoyed drinking it.
Jul 25th, 2018So so weird. Mushrooms with salinity and bouncy ball.
So so weird. Mushrooms with salinity and bouncy ball.
Jul 20th, 2017
This wine is possibly one of the most bizarre wines I've ever tasted. Tastes like someone flew to the moon and brought back something they let me lick.
This wine is possibly one of the most bizarre wines I've ever tasted. Tastes like someone flew to the moon and brought back something they let me lick.
Apr 5th, 2017Wow! Whacky. Caraway. Savory. Maitake mushroom umami craziness.
Wow! Whacky. Caraway. Savory. Maitake mushroom umami craziness.
Oct 1st, 2016
A fierce, angular Sekt; geeky beyond belief and, on its own, verging on unpleasant, but it's kind of hard to tell whether you like it or not. Angela Merkel as a wine. The nose is musty dried fruit and oxidative without hitting the highs of nuttiness. The palate begins with hard bubbles and the sharpness of fresh lemon juice before deep and funky petrol notes come to the fore that are almost TCA-mouse but not quite.
A fierce, angular Sekt; geeky beyond belief and, on its own, verging on unpleasant, but it's kind of hard to tell whether you like it or not. Angela Merkel as a wine. The nose is musty dried fruit and oxidative without hitting the highs of nuttiness. The palate begins with hard bubbles and the sharpness of fresh lemon juice before deep and funky petrol notes come to the fore that are almost TCA-mouse but not quite.
Mar 17th, 2017
Stunning! Full body, funky, sharp acidity, loads of mineral.
Stunning! Full body, funky, sharp acidity, loads of mineral.
Jan 21st, 2017
