Ziereisen
Gestad Syrah
Baden, Germany
Entirely new beast to me. First German Syrah I’ve tasted. 15 year old vines. Energetic, zesty, and pepper-y. Bit sharp on the finish but this is buzzing.
Entirely new beast to me. First German Syrah I’ve tasted. 15 year old vines. Energetic, zesty, and pepper-y. Bit sharp on the finish but this is buzzing.
Oct 20th, 2025
Red fruits, lips stick like intensity, meaty and mineral, fresh and energetic and so so good.
Red fruits, lips stick like intensity, meaty and mineral, fresh and energetic and so so good.
Jun 15th, 2024
Vintage 2015 | at Wijn bij Stijn | spicy harmony
Vintage 2015 | at Wijn bij Stijn | spicy harmony
May 26th, 2024Really come out of its shell. Meaty, feral and minty nose. Also so much limestone and it’s so prevalent. Such a great nose. 50% N Rhone, 50% Baden. Palate is fresh and energetic with terrific intensity and gorgeous early season blackberry fruit and just insane juiciness. Powdery tannins and extraordinary fruit character. This is an easy 9.5 and will only improve over the days and hours. Now this is something with air and had a glorious velvety texture and melty tannins.
Really come out of its shell. Meaty, feral and minty nose. Also so much limestone and it’s so prevalent. Such a great nose. 50% N Rhone, 50% Baden. Palate is fresh and energetic with terrific intensity and gorgeous early season blackberry fruit and just insane juiciness. Powdery tannins and extraordinary fruit character. This is an easy 9.5 and will only improve over the days and hours. Now this is something with air and had a glorious velvety texture and melty tannins.
Mar 7th, 2024Exuberant nose. Cassis, olive, meat, berry fruit. Complex and initially funky but it gets so pretty after air. Spice. Limestone imprint. Palate is concentrated, intense and so pure. Juicy, playful, complex and tense. Elegant and so balanced. Such a greet mar Syrah. Just nothing else like it. My score will go up with air.
Got so deep and rich overnight. 9.3 to 9.4. So good and such an undervalued wine at Ziereisen.
Exuberant nose. Cassis, olive, meat, berry fruit. Complex and initially funky but it gets so pretty after air. Spice. Limestone imprint. Palate is concentrated, intense and so pure. Juicy, playful, complex and tense. Elegant and so balanced. Such a greet mar Syrah. Just nothing else like it. My score will go up with air.
Got so deep and rich overnight. 9.3 to 9.4. So good and such an undervalued wine at Ziereisen.
Olive, spice, dark berry fruit, lavender, floral, meaty, savory, feral element, what a sick nose, soft yet substantial, these big but delicate tannins, long sappy fruit, loads of mineral, so elegant, so mineral, sweet, salty and mineral.
Olive, spice, dark berry fruit, lavender, floral, meaty, savory, feral element, what a sick nose, soft yet substantial, these big but delicate tannins, long sappy fruit, loads of mineral, so elegant, so mineral, sweet, salty and mineral.
Jul 14th, 2019Umami City here. Nose of grilled meats, berry fruits and limestone. Minty, menthol. So aromatic. Lifting aromas. Unique. Sweet and savory at same time with groovy grippy acids and such depth. Greasy yet high acid with terrific sap and purity. The purity is insane.
Umami City here. Nose of grilled meats, berry fruits and limestone. Minty, menthol. So aromatic. Lifting aromas. Unique. Sweet and savory at same time with groovy grippy acids and such depth. Greasy yet high acid with terrific sap and purity. The purity is insane.
Jan 25th, 2018Wow. Amazing. German Syrah. Not my mother’s red. Not anybody’s mother’s red. Replete with super interesting depth of character in its dark fruits. Man, what a great wine.
Wow. Amazing. German Syrah. Not my mother’s red. Not anybody’s mother’s red. Replete with super interesting depth of character in its dark fruits. Man, what a great wine.
2 people found it helpfulApr 22nd, 2019
Plummy with some spice. Maybe some faint blueberries. Very mouth coating. Deep with licorice on the finish. Not sure I would guess Syrah blind. More like a dark pinot. Not huge acid but sparkly on the palate.
That’s the great thing about Ziereisen. He makes some of his wines from foreign grapes and they taste great but unlike anything you’ve had.
I thought that this was corked but the aromatics are fine after 45 minutes. So if you smell some mist it’s not corked. Chill out and it will blow off. Nose has some lovely spice.
Bought from Fass selections.
.... ok as this opens more it’s getting whack. Internal aromatics are explosive. Deep dense plums. Intense spice that literally cluster bomb all over your palate. Wow. A German just outsyrahed 95% of the Rhône. I may just bail on life and live next to Hanspeter. All hail hanspeter.
Plummy with some spice. Maybe some faint blueberries. Very mouth coating. Deep with licorice on the finish. Not sure I would guess Syrah blind. More like a dark pinot. Not huge acid but sparkly on the palate.
That’s the great thing about Ziereisen. He makes some of his wines from foreign grapes and they taste great but unlike anything you’ve had.
I thought that this was corked but the aromatics are fine after 45 minutes. So if you smell some mist it’s not corked. Chill out and it will blow off. Nose has some lovely spice.
Bought from Fass selections.
.... ok as this opens more it’s getting whack. Internal aromatics are explosive. Deep dense plums. Intense spice that literally cluster bomb all over your palate. Wow. A German just outsyrahed 95% of the Rhône. I may just bail on life and live next to Hanspeter. All hail hanspeter.
Spicy, high tone, tart, cool purple fruit. More extracted and inky than I’d expected, and fairly firm tannins. Not quite balanced, seems a bit closed. Maybe will develop with time
Spicy, high tone, tart, cool purple fruit. More extracted and inky than I’d expected, and fairly firm tannins. Not quite balanced, seems a bit closed. Maybe will develop with time
1 person found it helpfulMar 11th, 2022