Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Serious German Pinot, more Burgundy than DE. Beautiful texture an structure, good potential. 92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Very good german Sekt. Not actually comparable with Champagne, but very good for what it is. 92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Not much change to last year. Precise, clear, straight, great potential in 10+ years. 92-93+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful cool, mineral, precise and fine Roseneck. Love it. Still not there, needs probably 5+ years. 93+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Very fruity, high sulphur, very mineral, a bit rough, nice wine, solid potential. 91+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** My favourite of this small vertical. Precise, very mineral, nice fruit, good texture, high acidity. 91+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Hard to describe, extremely young. For me somewhere between 20 and 21. 91+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful, juicy, elegant Mosel-dry Riesling that represents its origin very well. Need a few more years to fully integrate all its components. 90-91+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful representation of the Juffer Sonnenuhr. So tempting and delicious already, drinks beautifully right now and for the next 2 decades. 92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** So happy being able to taste it. Wonderful Kabi in the making with almost endless ageing potential. PQR? Psssstttt, let's not talk about it. 91-92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** A tiny step downwards compared to the Scharzhofberg. A bit less precision and tension. If you want to buy Egon Müller Kabi, this is probably the clever solution. But unfortunately also heavily overpriced. 90+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful Felsentürmchen in the making, needs a bit more time but will certainly end around 92-93.
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful german Pinot that serves the unexperienced drinker and the ambitioned Wine nerd. Clear, precise, nice fruit, high acidity, good balance and harmony. But: For the same Price you get a Pinot GG from Aldinger, which is a step up. So: Very good wine, bad PQR. 90-91
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Very consistent with 2021 vintage. Trollinger in a drinkable and joyful version, made by masters of its craft. Trollinger can be nice :) 87-88
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful, cool, precise, german Pinot. Nice fruit, good acidity, fine tannin, nice structure, good length. Compared to other wines this day, the PQR is very good.92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** I should definitively drink more Beurer! Beautiful Riesling from Stetten. Mineral, cool, dense, deep, clear fruit, nice tension, long. 92-93+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Unfiltered, great Riesling expression. Very unique, very good. Need to follow up here, very good PQR. 91-92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Significantly drier than the BdB, very mineral, fine fruit, fine mousseux, long. Very joyful and pleseant. 91+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Beautiful expression of Loire CabFranc. A bid rough and edgy, but also with a beautiful complexity, tension and depth. Needs more time to fully blossom. Nice. 92-93
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Not much to add to my previous note. Wonderful Chenin, salty, tension, long. 92-93+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** What an amazing Chenin! Oak has been integrated, very mineral, great texture, very, very long, fine finish. Beautiful 94+
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Extreme wine! Extreme acidity, and I am not afraid of it. Extremely sweet, almost painfully. Too much of everything... Can't rate it in any way.
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** What a beautiful and surprising wine! Light, high, racy acidity only 12,5% abv, very mineral and still a teenager. Great potential. Beautiful experience. 91-92+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Not much to add to my previous note. Amazing wine from 30 different grape varieties and very old vines. Concentrated, fruity, complex, never too heavy or hot, very spicy and long. 93-94+
Glass: White wine *** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating *** Freshest vintage of Pessoal that I have drunk so far. Straight, mineral, complex, very special. 92-93+
2018 Friedrich Becker Kammerberg Spätburgunder
Germany, Pfalz
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Serious German Pinot, more Burgundy than DE. Beautiful texture an structure, good potential. 92+
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2022 A. Christmann Konigsbacher Idig Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Pfalz
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Sponti, powerful, energy, tension, great potential. Very good. 92+
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2020 Christmann & Kauffmann Cuvée No. 203 Brut Nature
Germany, Pfalz
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Very good german Sekt. Not actually comparable with Champagne, but very good for what it is. 92+
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2021 Georg Breuer Pfaffenwies Riesling
Germany, Rheingau
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Not much change to last year. Precise, clear, straight, great potential in 10+ years. 92-93+
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2017 Georg Breuer Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling
Germany, Rheingau
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful cool, mineral, precise and fine Roseneck. Love it. Still not there, needs probably 5+ years. 93+
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2020 Gunderloch Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Rheinhessen
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Very fruity, high sulphur, very mineral, a bit rough, nice wine, solid potential. 91+
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2021 Gunderloch Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Rheinhessen
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
My favourite of this small vertical. Precise, very mineral, nice fruit, good texture, high acidity. 91+
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2022 Gunderloch Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Rheinhessen
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Hard to describe, extremely young. For me somewhere between 20 and 21. 91+
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2021 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful, juicy, elegant Mosel-dry Riesling that represents its origin very well. Need a few more years to fully integrate all its components. 90-91+
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2020 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful representation of the Juffer Sonnenuhr. So tempting and delicious already, drinks beautifully right now and for the next 2 decades. 92+
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2022 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
So happy being able to taste it. Wonderful Kabi in the making with almost endless ageing potential. PQR? Psssstttt, let's not talk about it. 91-92+
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2022 Egon Müller/Le Gallais Wiltinger Braune Kupp Riesling Kabinett
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
A tiny step downwards compared to the Scharzhofberg. A bit less precision and tension. If you want to buy Egon Müller Kabi, this is probably the clever solution. But unfortunately also heavily overpriced. 90+
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2022 Dönnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Nahe
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful Felsentürmchen in the making, needs a bit more time but will certainly end around 92-93.
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2021 Bernhard Huber Malterdinger Spätburgunder Alte Reben
Germany, Baden
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful german Pinot that serves the unexperienced drinker and the ambitioned Wine nerd. Clear, precise, nice fruit, high acidity, good balance and harmony. But: For the same Price you get a Pinot GG from Aldinger, which is a step up. So: Very good wine, bad PQR. 90-91
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2022 Weingut Aldinger Trollinger Sine
Germany, Württemberg
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Very consistent with 2021 vintage. Trollinger in a drinkable and joyful version, made by masters of its craft. Trollinger can be nice :) 87-88
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2021 Weingut Aldinger Untertürkheimer Gips Spätburgunder Marienglas Großes Gewächs
Germany, Württemberg
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful, cool, precise, german Pinot. Nice fruit, good acidity, fine tannin, nice structure, good length. Compared to other wines this day, the PQR is very good.92+
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2021 Weingut Beurer Stettener Pulvermächer Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Württemberg
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
I should definitively drink more Beurer! Beautiful Riesling from Stetten. Mineral, cool, dense, deep, clear fruit, nice tension, long. 92-93+
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2020 Weingut Beurer Riesling Junges Schwaben QbA
Germany, Württemberg
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Unfiltered, great Riesling expression. Very unique, very good. Need to follow up here, very good PQR. 91-92+
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NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
For me a touch too much sweetness. Very pleasing, joyful. 90
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2013 Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Millésimé
France, Champagne
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Significantly drier than the BdB, very mineral, fine fruit, fine mousseux, long. Very joyful and pleseant. 91+
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2019 Domaine du Bel Air (Pierre et Rodolphe Gauthier) Bourgueil Clos Nouveau
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Bourgueil
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Beautiful expression of Loire CabFranc. A bid rough and edgy, but also with a beautiful complexity, tension and depth. Needs more time to fully blossom. Nice. 92-93
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2020 Domaine Belargus Anjou Veau
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Anjou
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Not much to add to my previous note. Wonderful Chenin, salty, tension, long. 92-93+
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2020 Domaine Belargus Anjou Les Quarts
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Anjou
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
What an amazing Chenin! Oak has been integrated, very mineral, great texture, very, very long, fine finish. Beautiful 94+
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2018 Domaine Belargus Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru Les Quarts
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Extreme wine! Extreme acidity, and I am not afraid of it. Extremely sweet, almost painfully. Too much of everything... Can't rate it in any way.
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2017 Berço Alves de Sousa Douro Branco
Portugal, Douro
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
What a beautiful and surprising wine! Light, high, racy acidity only 12,5% abv, very mineral and still a teenager. Great potential. Beautiful experience. 91-92+
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2019 Alves de Sousa Douro Quinta da Gaivosa Vinha de Lordelo
Portugal, Douro
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Not much to add to my previous note. Amazing wine from 30 different grape varieties and very old vines. Concentrated, fruity, complex, never too heavy or hot, very spicy and long. 93-94+
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2016 Alves de Sousa Douro Reserva Pessoal Branco
Portugal, Douro
Glass: White wine
*** brief notes for my own memory from tasting sip. No rating ***
Freshest vintage of Pessoal that I have drunk so far. Straight, mineral, complex, very special. 92-93+
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