Weingut Riehen
Le Grand Pinot Noir
Riehen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
This nose is it. Palate is insane. So perfect. The energy combined with the red fruits, wild flowers, herbs and the most amazing sweet, ripe and red fruited velvet tannins makes this one of the best Pinots of the trip. Potential to be a 10.0 in a decade or sooner.
This nose is it. Palate is insane. So perfect. The energy combined with the red fruits, wild flowers, herbs and the most amazing sweet, ripe and red fruited velvet tannins makes this one of the best Pinots of the trip. Potential to be a 10.0 in a decade or sooner.
Jun 15th, 2024Ripe nose. black and dark cherry fruits, elegant and sweet, rich and lovely. Pure and deep. But I will always prefer 21.
Ripe nose. black and dark cherry fruits, elegant and sweet, rich and lovely. Pure and deep. But I will always prefer 21.
Jun 15th, 2024Gorgeous and so supple and alpine. No formal notes
Gorgeous and so supple and alpine. No formal notes
May 14th, 2024Best Swiss Pinot I’ve ever had courtesy of Hanspeter Ziereisen. Freaking unreal nose. Dark violets, alpine scents galore, the best and most pure, vivid black cherries I’ve ever smelled. Wow. Just stunning. Smells rich but alpine rich! This is only just beginning as air is always the friend of anything HPZ makes. Wow that palate. Incredible freshness and density allied with just the most amazing finesse. This is as grand as any burgundy grand cru. Man, I could smell this forever. Amazing structure and the sweetest most velvety tannins. Amazing fruit concentration. What a finish. What complexity. Just stunning. Super young but super incredible. 18 is the best vintage of Riehen I’ve ever tasted. As it airs the fruit comes more Into focus on the palate and the nose. What clarity. Just a tiny hit of opulence and then unreal freshness, leanness and sweet fruit. Unreal juxtaposition.
Best Swiss Pinot I’ve ever had courtesy of Hanspeter Ziereisen. Freaking unreal nose. Dark violets, alpine scents galore, the best and most pure, vivid black cherries I’ve ever smelled. Wow. Just stunning. Smells rich but alpine rich! This is only just beginning as air is always the friend of anything HPZ makes. Wow that palate. Incredible freshness and density allied with just the most amazing finesse. This is as grand as any burgundy grand cru. Man, I could smell this forever. Amazing structure and the sweetest most velvety tannins. Amazing fruit concentration. What a finish. What complexity. Just stunning. Super young but super incredible. 18 is the best vintage of Riehen I’ve ever tasted. As it airs the fruit comes more Into focus on the palate and the nose. What clarity. Just a tiny hit of opulence and then unreal freshness, leanness and sweet fruit. Unreal juxtaposition.
Mar 4th, 2022One of the best Swiss Pinot Noirs. Just a stunning stunning example. Nose is all woodland berries, mountain spice, insane florals and sweet herbals and unreal mountain cherry. So alpine and floral. Captivating and enveloping aromas. Plum skin as well that is so so fine. Stunning purity, breadth and detail the nose. Enchanted forest floor aromas. Keeps changing and changing. Just stunning. 9.6 or 9.7 on the nose. Smell like Grand Cru Burgundy. ZOMG the palate. Insane fruit and sweetness. So sweet and so intense. Wow. Mid to late season red and black cherries. Just so elegant and pure. Suave and chewy but silken tannins and impossible length. Just sickness. So long. Endless. Sappy and noble. There is a very serious and substantial structure here. This is truly amazing wine. Better than the 15. Needs air and I’ll be back. 9.6 for now.
After air the texture on this is truly stunning. So velvety. Amazing sweetened and no hard edges. Nose has so much Burgundian sous bous now and really is in Clos Vougeot territory. Brilliant. An elite wine. This is very close to a 9.7 but not quite. Only age is holding it back now.
One of the best Swiss Pinot Noirs. Just a stunning stunning example. Nose is all woodland berries, mountain spice, insane florals and sweet herbals and unreal mountain cherry. So alpine and floral. Captivating and enveloping aromas. Plum skin as well that is so so fine. Stunning purity, breadth and detail the nose. Enchanted forest floor aromas. Keeps changing and changing. Just stunning. 9.6 or 9.7 on the nose. Smell like Grand Cru Burgundy. ZOMG the palate. Insane fruit and sweetness. So sweet and so intense. Wow. Mid to late season red and black cherries. Just so elegant and pure. Suave and chewy but silken tannins and impossible length. Just sickness. So long. Endless. Sappy and noble. There is a very serious and substantial structure here. This is truly amazing wine. Better than the 15. Needs air and I’ll be back. 9.6 for now.
After air the texture on this is truly stunning. So velvety. Amazing sweetened and no hard edges. Nose has so much Burgundian sous bous now and really is in Clos Vougeot territory. Brilliant. An elite wine. This is very close to a 9.7 but not quite. Only age is holding it back now.
Like an Alpine Gevrey-Chambertin. Got better with air. Great now, but will certainly improve over the next few years.
Like an Alpine Gevrey-Chambertin. Got better with air. Great now, but will certainly improve over the next few years.
1 person found it helpfulMar 6th, 2023
Wild fruit, like a berry tart, but very tannic and tightly coiled. Will be much much better in 3-4 years. Great but wait on this.
Wild fruit, like a berry tart, but very tannic and tightly coiled. Will be much much better in 3-4 years. Great but wait on this.
1 person found it helpfulFeb 12th, 2023Pretty with solid acidity and tannins. Dark red fruit. Super charming. Swiss but says product of Germany on label? Still love it.
Pretty with solid acidity and tannins. Dark red fruit. Super charming. Swiss but says product of Germany on label? Still love it.
1 person found it helpfulMay 30th, 2021
Nose is elegant cherry. Cherry flower. Hint of lilac. Expansive in an elegant way.
Palate is cherry. A hint of brick. A hint of herbs. Lovely internal aromatics. Great texture. Beautiful elegant bitterness.
Nose is elegant cherry. Cherry flower. Hint of lilac. Expansive in an elegant way.
Palate is cherry. A hint of brick. A hint of herbs. Lovely internal aromatics. Great texture. Beautiful elegant bitterness.
Flowers and elegant vanilla. Gorgeous.
Palate : such elegant juicy cherry fruit. Mineral. Lovely internal aromatics. Great precision. Elite Burgundian texture.
Fass selections.
Flowers and elegant vanilla. Gorgeous.
Palate : such elegant juicy cherry fruit. Mineral. Lovely internal aromatics. Great precision. Elite Burgundian texture.
Fass selections.