| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White - Sparkling |
1988 Krug Champagne Vintage BrutChampagne Blend more |
8/4/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private dinner (Restaurant Zoldering, Amsterdam, NL): ID 215027, “received its cork spring 2015”, released 2018. An individual batch of 200 (!) bottles. Original disgorgement, aged in the cellars at Krug until release, recorked in 2015. Pale golden colour, youthful for age, gentle but perfectly lively mousse; the most amazing nose, fresh and incredibly complex, so layered and deep and fragrant, rich but pure and precise, white walnuts and spiced honey and citrus fruit and flowers, only a hint of mushroom - pointless to offer individual descriptors; the palate has the elegant, minerally core of the terroir and the bright and lively acidity of the vintage, wonderful seamless freshness at 32 years of age, very youthful, gentle bitters; crème patissière on the complete, very long and layered finish that keeps on going. An effortless masterpiece with decades ahead of it. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1975 Château d'YquemSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
10/30/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private dinner (Restaurant Behrens Am Kai *, Düsseldorf, Germany): Immense energy and concentration, deep and rich, powerful, honey and vanilla, peach and lime zest, VA in check, almost Cognac-like top notes, like a tightly coiled spring, complex, complete, subtle bitters, perfectly integrated oak, unending finish. For me, the essence of Yquem. |
| Red |
1990 PétrusPomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/17/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsPétrus dinner (Restaurant Sinck, Amsterdam, NL): Double decanted (briefly). Perfect condition, from an unopened case purchased en primeur. Mint. Warm and ripe but fresh and flowing, fully mature, the bouquet is the right bank equivalent of the nose of Haut-Brion 1989, perfect harmony and balance, perfectly at ease with itself, rich but effortlessly elegant, sweet and gentle but firm and lively, flowers and crushed red berries, hint of white truffle, long and dreamy finish. Words of mine cannot do it justice. Dances away into the night. |
| White - Fortified |
1795 Barbeito Madeira Terrantezmore |
12/9/2000 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA Madeira Tasting at Madas NV (Antwerp, Belgium): Otherworldly. So much depth, richness and concentration. From a bottle that had been open since November 1999. Endless nuances and layers, everything so perfectly integrated, so refined, outshines even the 1827 Serrado, amazing length. A dream. Displays none of the dry or sharp notes Liddell talks about. Perfection. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2001 Château d'YquemSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
12/9/2007 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA superb nectar, completely integrated oak, multi-dimensional, astounding elegance, incredibly concentrated but lithe, magnificent. I cannot imagine a better Yquem. |
| Red |
1988 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La LandonneSyrah more |
3/7/2009 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsGreat Wine Dinner (Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival Hattenheim, Germany): With its 100% Syrah deeper and darker than the La Mouline 1988 that preceded it and with more staying power too; glorious balance, minerality and length; an utterly amazing wine, a unique combination of power and elegance, even after twenty years the (42 months) new oak remains completely absorbed, an essence of Syrah. |
| Red |
1999 Henschke Shiraz Hill of GraceEden Valley more |
12/29/2010 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private dinner (Restaurant Morston Hall *, Holt, Norfolk, UK): An absolute beauty. Incredible nose, endless nuance, dreamy, essence of Shiraz, so subtle, refined and layered, deep and balsamic, earthy and ethereal at the same time, finest fruity white pepper, white chocolate, sweet fruit (raspberry, strawberry, cassis), dried herbs, vanilla and flowers, sous-bois, opening subtly onto cocoa, smoke and bacon. Beautiful balance between grande finesse and enormous power, creamy tannins sheathed in ripe flesh, no trace of heaviness, superb finesse, so intense and concentrated but soooo light.... Perfect harmony and endless length. A big score but it was just perfect. Drink now until 2024. |
| White - Sparkling |
1988 Krug Champagne Clos du MesnilChardonnay more |
10/30/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private tasting (Restaurant Behrens Am Kai *, Düsseldorf, Germany): Perfection. Perfect balance, perfect harmony, perfectly seamless, so fresh yet so complex, a perfect expression of vintage, vineyard and house style. Everything that Clos du Mesnil can be. Lives among the stars. A true vino da meditazione. Will age forever. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2003 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese 316 Oechsle #47Rheingau more |
9/25/2010 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsVdP Weinversteigerung 2010 (Pre-sale tasting) (Kloster Eberbach): Totally effortless, a magisterial wine. Nothing can touch it. Incredible sweetness and soaring acidity cancel each other out into virtual weightlessness. This wine leaves the drinker speechless. |
| Red |
1961 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo RiservaNebbiolo more |
5/18/2007 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsThere are no great wines, just great bottles and this bottle was perfect. One of those very rare wines that reveal a deeper truth about the universe. The quintessence of Nebbiolo and Barolo, with a power, finesse and beauty that defy words. Lively, ripe garnet; tar and roses; perfectly seamless, totally at one with itself, lovely weight, soft, sweet fruit, lovely elegance and finesse, dry richness, great length. This bottle left me speechless - and grateful. At Hotel Kronenschlösschen, Hattenheim, Germany. |
| Red - Fortified |
1963 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage NacionalPort Blend more |
3/15/2007 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsThe Fine Wine Experience Quinta do Noval & Nacional Tasting (with Christian Seely) (Institute of Directors, London): Ex-cellars Quinta do Noval. A perfect bottle. Immense. Closed, deep, spicy. Very fresh and rich, stellar fruit, christmas spices, a clenched iron fist but the glove is not quite velvety yet. Enormously structured. Too young, believe it or not. Drink from 2020. Will easily live to be 100 years. Perfection. A humbling experience. |
| Red |
2005 Château PalmerMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/25/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private tasting (Buurtcafé De Tros, Amsterdam, NL): A blend of 53% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot. Amazing, perfumed nose, perfect proportions on the palate, everything in the right place, incredible richness of ripe mulberry fruit, floral lift and spicy depth, voluptuous and feminine but firm and lively, magical balance and elegance, satiny tannins, real concentration but such a lightness of being, effortless line and length. Huge promise. The new 1961? My guess is that it is, and for me this was a perfect bottle. 6 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red - Fortified |
1920 Guedes Porto ColheitaPort Blend more |
6/1/1996 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsLovely light tawny colour, buttercup yellow rim with a green tinge; sublime nose, like perfect ancient Grande Champagne Cognac, floral, fragrant, ethereal, herbs, fruit, elegant sweetness, raisins and walnuts, powdery, complete harmony; wonderfully full and concentrated, buttery and velvety, excellent balance, Madeira-like acidity, wonderful finesse, full and sweet, plums and raisins; does not seem to have a finish, just never stops, Cognac and caramel. I am left speechless. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1959 Hessische Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach Steinberger Riesling TrockenbeerenausleseRheingau more |
3/7/2009 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsGreat Wine Dinner (Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival Hattenheim, Germany): 230 Oechsle, 14 gr TA. Beautifully matured nose, lemon- and orange peel, faboulous fruit; perfectly fresh on the palate. The most perfect TBA. |
| White - Sparkling |
1911 Moët & Chandon Champagne Brut ImpérialChampagne Blend more |
5/4/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private lunch (Restaurant l'Oustau de Baumanière **, Les Baux-de-Provence, France): According to the young sommelier a disgorgement of the period, the bottle having remained untouched in the restaurant's cellars ever since. Their last bottle. Level 1cm below the foil, very light depot. Perfectly bright, lively golden colour with only a hint of amber; completely fresh nose with candied fruit, hints of dried fruit, explosive aromas of fresh Paris mushrooms, white truffle and dried porcini, spices, vestiges of red fruit, whiff of vanilla caramel, no off notes, lovely depth; retains a very gentle mousse on the palate, still juicy and lively, dry but rounded and completely together, gentle bitters, subtle citrus flavours with candied lemon eventually develop a tangy, salty nuttiness; extremely long and intense finish. Remains perfectly intact over ninety minutes. Once in a lifetime. I lack the experience to really rate this, but I cannot imagine a more perfect bottle of centenarian Champagne. |
| Red |
2005 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils ChambertinChambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
5/2/2013 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsChambertin / Chambertin-Clos de Bèze dinner (Christie's Directors' Boardroom, 8 King Street, London, UK): Quite a powerhouse of a wine, lots of potential, incredible depth and minerality, energy like a coiled spring, a magical marriage of elegance and perfect intensity, fabulous fruit and amazing length. In no way the closed and surly wine I had anticipated to encounter, but aren't truly great wines great at any age? Perfection. Half a century in it at least. |
| Red |
1959 Alexandre d'Almeida Buçaco ReservadoBeira Atlântico Red Blend more |
6/15/2004 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private lunch (Buçaco Palace Hotel): A fascinating wine, an old nobleman who bears his age with grace and a straight spine. Completely mature appearance; incredible nose of eucalyptus, mediterranean herbs and cedar, reminiscent of dry Vintage Port (Dow 1927 or 1934 come to mind), deep and smooth, "gradevole", wonderfully harmonious, slight sweetness, elegant and stylish, richly textured, firm tannins, well-rounded; excellent length. Fascinating and sublime. Clearly proves that wine is more than fysiological ripeness, levels of extract and barriques; great wine has a spiritual dimension, a magic that can be experienced but never understood or analysed. That is the essence. |
| Red - Fortified |
1931 Quinta do Noval Porto VintagePort Blend more |
3/15/2007 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsThe Fine Wine Experience Quinta do Noval & Nacional Tasting (with Christian Seely) (Institute of Directors, London): English-bottled by Fearon, Block, Bridges and Routh. A giant, an athlete and a ballerina all rolled into one. Such power, such finesse; flowery and ethereal nose, ultra-refined liquorice, very deep, harmonious, wonderful grip, the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove, spices, enormous length. No words of mine can do justice to it. Absolutely sublime. Perfect even. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1987 Hauner Malvasia delle LipariMalvasia di Lipari more |
7/20/2000 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsPurchased in 1991 from Vinattiere Zanobini in the Via Sant'Antonino in Florence. Age has given it a wonderful, intense, deep orange-amber colour; the nose is enchanting, deep, intense yet explosive, bittersweet, fruit of bitter orange and lemon with a hint of ripe apricot, a touch of chocolate leaves an impression of liqueur bonbons, topnotes of Alpine herbs, field flowers and eucalyptus. A perfect nose, utterly unique, I have never encountered so many nuances with such definition. Perfect shape on the palate, medium sweet, all elements perfectly in harmony, rich and velvety texture, fleshy and concentrated but not fat, juicy, wonderfully elegant and refined style, flavours of toffee, herbs, flowers and some fruit; the acidity provides a wonderfully lifted finish with amazing length. Such nuance, such finesse, so sensual. I am smitten. The most beautiful expression of Malvasia I have ever encountered. |
| Red |
1997 Hessische Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach Assmannshäuser Höllenberg Spätburgunder EisweinRheingau more |
3/7/2008 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsAmber, honey and strawberry compote, intensely sweet, rapier-like acidity, totally seamless, very rich but with amazing finesse, minerals and spices, incredibly delicious. Divine. Perfection. |
| White - Sparkling |
1921 Pol Roger Champagne Vintage BrutChampagne Blend more |
11/25/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private tasting and dinner (Champagne Pol Roger, Épernay, France): Tasted blind. From the house reserves, recorked and topped up every 10-15 years. Mature but lively colour, very gentle mousse; mature but fresh nose, still some red berries left, smoky and beautifully harmonious and relaxed and flowing, very gentle bitters, no sense of fatigue at all, long and poised, very subtle, crème patissière, red apple, perfect in itself. A mind-blowing, earth-shattering experience. No words of mine can do justice to it. We guessed 1985... |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2005 Hessische Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese GoldkapselRheingau more |
3/6/2010 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsHessische Staatsweingüter Wine Auction Pre-Sale Tasting (Kloster Eberbach): Utterly amazing. Incredibly rich and concentrated, the purest tropical fruits imaginable, the finish just does not end. Madness. Will last a century. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1995 Oremus Tokaji EszenciaFurmint Blend, Furmint more |
12/16/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsAnniversary Dinner (Café De Klepel, Prinsenstraat 22, Amsterdam, NL): Immense. Like an extraordinarily rich TBA, black tea and honey, Alpine herbs, massive sweetness balanced by soaring acidity, incredible drive and energy, sweet peach, spices and vanilla, never-ending length. With only 3% ABV it is barely wine, but its sheer power and concentration dwarfs everything else. Will live forever. |
| White - Fortified |
NV Valdespino Moscatel Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Tonelesmore |
10/25/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsA private lunch (Restaurant El Celler de Can Roca ***, Girona, Spain): An incredible combination of motor oil, honey, muscat, tea and flower essence, nuts and oak, impenetrable depth; on the palate velvety, extremely sweet but balanced by wonderful TBA-like acidity, incredibly rich but extremely energetic; no finish, just goes on and on. There is nothing else like it in the world. |
| White - Fortified |
1827 Quinta do Serrado Madeira Bualmore |
6/26/1999 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 pointsThe well-known Christie's label, "Boal 1827" written in paint underneath. Very intense but not very deep amber colour, buttercup yellow rim with green tinge; immensely concentrated and deep nose, beautifully layered and multi-dimensional, subtle like an old Cognac, nuts, vanilla, fruit, caramel, pungent; on the palate incredibly elegant and stylish, flawless composition, only off-dry now, powerful, startlingly fine acidity, flavours of cognac, vanilla, nuts and fruit; fabulous length. An absolute beauty, no words of mine can do it justice. |
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