| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2015 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling KabinettMosel Saar Ruwer more |
9/12/2017 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 96 pointsHow is it even possible that this wine is this good? The nose is pitch perfect with a bit of sponti, brown spices, green herbs, mint, kaffir lime, peach, apple, crushed stones and minerals. A touch of smoke. It's got tremendous snap, huge energy and drive, and it's thrilling in a way that throws the salivary glands into overdrive. The palate is delicious and yet sharp as a Katana - it feels like it's on the edge of Feinherb at moments. The lime rides all the way through, but the peach and apple compress at a point in the midpalate and also right before the finish. When they do, the mint, green herbs, spices, stones, and minerals, combine with the lime, which is more lime zest now, and that's when we see the wicked and crystalline structure of this wine. The finish comes back with a bit of sweetness and then dries out again - and the stones and minerals dominate as the finish trails off. Wow. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 18/20. 11 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2001 Château SuduirautSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
2/10/2022 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 97 pointsok, WOW. Beautiful nose of lacquer, kumquats, spices and spicy wood, ginger, marmalade, creme brûlée. As good as the nose is, the palate is stunning, sweet yet light, great acidity and drive, fragrant and complex with honey, ginger, really spicy - vanilla, creme brûlée, marmalade and tangerine, woody. Finish is long and wide - creme brûlée and apricots. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5-6/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17.5-18/20. Delicious |
| Red |
2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva RabajàNebbiolo more |
12/9/2018 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: NRDecanted and poured at Maialino (brought the bottle). This is a knockout on the nose: very young and primary with soaring florals of violets, some sort of herbal thing - minerals. Also a very focused red-blue fruit component and some spices. The palate is way closed - nearly brutal. the focus is great and the potential is there but this is downright grumpy right now. 10 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| White - Off-dry |
2021 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling AusleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
9/9/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsDay 8-9 I think. Nose is ripe and sweet with about half and half orchard (ripe peach and red apple) and citrus (lime and tangerine) fruits, juicy fruit gum, honey, honeysuckle, cumin, brown spices, blue slate. With time hints of vanilla cream and whipped cream. It’s sweet and crisp even with a week of air. The palate is just superb - it coats the entire mouth - slathering it with ripe peach, red apple, crisp lime, tangerine, honey. It’s crisp and exhilarating with perfect acid and sugar balance. Lime and excellent minerality dominate in the mid palate. Tart and crisp on the finish, lots of lime and slate. Ends with a soaring note of crystallized sugar. So playful and perfumed. Even with a week of air, this was better an hour after being poured and warmed up somewhat. It’s like the Platonic Ideal of Prum WS Auslese. Pitch perfect. Nose - 5-5.5+/6, Palate - 5.5+/6, Finish - 5-5.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17-18/20 (with 17.5-18.5/20 potential.) |
| Red |
2020 Ridge Monte BelloSanta Cruz Mountains Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/20/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsTasted double blind from a small capped bottle (full bottles split for a zoom tasting). By the time I got to this people had already figured out it was Monte Bello. Huge. Young. Painfully young. Lots of oak. Coconut - the oak is super heavy but you can see the bright and potent energetic fruit underneath. The purity and drive of the red-blue fruit is immense. Spicy Graham cracker. Palate is explosive. Grippy and real seve - tiny berries and raspberries and black currants, spice and sweet oak. Finish is long and pure, sweet oak and spice and berries. This will be great in 30-40 years. Nose - 5+/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17.5+/20. (With 18-19/20 potential). 9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2010 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña TondoniaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
4/11/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: NRDay 1: This was pretty rough when poured but it’s knitted together well with air. Painfully young, the nose shows very dark plummy fruit, a dollop of new American oak. The palate is dark fruited as well but lighter in body with lots of acid and an earthy, dusty element to it. The latter carries over into the tart finish. Lots of good stuff here but this needs like 20 years. 9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White |
2021 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben "Gisela" #8Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
3/24/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsPours so light and lively. Kaffir lime and tangerine, rock candy and mint and green peas. Super focused but has more heft than most of the 21 Falkensteins with a touch of golden and broth. Nice spices. A bit of musk and melon. Some roundness there. Honeysuckle. The palate almost feels soft and honeyed right at entry but then the citrus and spices and minerality explode. Lots of lime and green and stones. This manages weight and lift at the same time. Finish is long and bright and limey. |
| Red |
2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva RabajàNebbiolo more |
5/1/2018 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 93 pointsDay 1: PnPed. Jesus christ ... who said that this was relatively open??? Not this bottle. This is waaaay tighter than the other vintages I have had on release (07,08,11). The nose is bright and really energetic with black-red fruits (black cherry, blackberry), some tight dark florals, a good amount of dark and baking spices, serious saline minerality, and some tar, licorice or coffee or something. There is a lot there but it is wrapped pretty tight. Similar flavors on the palate, with strong acid and young but fine tannins. The texture of this is superb and it combines well with the young energy. Now the finish is really something - this is where we see the material and the superb potential of this wine. I can actually feel this build in a couple of pulses AFTER the wine is swallowed - the intensity and depth increase, a sève develops. The fruit spreads out and is just so damn pure and deep. Nose - 4.5+/6, Palate - 5+/6, Finish - 5.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5+?/2 = 16.5+/20 with lots of potential, 17.5-18.5/20 ??? 9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2004 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
3/11/2018 - Seth Rosenberg Does not like this wine: NRBig spicy oak banana. / ripe. Too heavy. Very oaky. I just can't drink these young. Way to much oak for me. Will it age? the older ones are much better but who knows. 8 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2011 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva RabajàNebbiolo more |
6/10/2016 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsPnPed. Oh god yes. For me, there are few wines that deliver like Produttori's Rabaja, and the 2011 is no exception. The nose is wonderfully perfumed with sweet and sometimes sappy red-blue fruits: strawberry, strawberry compote, black cherry, raspberry, along with sweet purple florals, some purple spices, stones, earth and a bit of iron/blood. The palate shows wonderful fruit and some flowers as well with a bit of spicy oak, earth and stones. The fruit is more tart and red on the palate than the nose, and the tannins are substantial but refined, giving the wine a great and almost creamy mouthfeel. There is solid structure here, but there is so much going on that the wine is very drinkable now. The spicy oak and sweet red fruits continue into the long finish and combine with some stones and coffee. This handles its 14.5% alcohol really well - maybe a touch of roasted flavors on the palate but just a touch. This will probably close down and come out roaring in 10 years. The nose on Produttori's Rabaja screams Piemonte in the best way with it's complexity and purity. If someone had poured the wines for me 20 years ago, my collection might look very different. Thank god I found it because it delivers a lot of what I look for in Red Burgundy at 1/3 the price. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5+/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17+/20 (with 17.5-18/20 potential.) |
| Red |
2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva AsiliNebbiolo more |
4/11/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsPnPed. My first of the 16 Riservas, and boy does this live up to expectations. The nose is all about red - bright red cherry fruit, dried rose petals, a lot of stones/minerals, some red spices, iron, iron rich soil/clay, chewable vitamins. Wound tight - one can smell the tannins and the acid humming beneath the surface, but there is so much in this wine that the nose is really perfumed at the same time. What strikes me is the focus and precision of the aromas - just pinpoint. The palate enters similar to the nose - lots of red cherry, stones, red florals and soil, with maybe some darker fruit and notes as well. Just as precise as the nose which is rare in a wine. Then, as other tasters discuss, the tannins come. Oh my how they come. Grippy and fine with tons of acid as well - coating the whole mouth with pain. The finish, what one can discern while trying to dig one's self out of the tannin landslide, is tart red - cherry and cranberry fruit, with stones, and iron and red clay soil. It's delicious and wicked in its early drinking window, but I expect it to shut down hard and emerge in 15-20 years as a masterpiece. Nose - 5.5+/6, Palate - 5.5+/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5+/2 = 17.5+/20 (with 18-19/20 potential.) |
| White - Off-dry |
2021 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
3/7/2024 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 96 pointsPnPed into a Conterno Sensory. Ok. Damn. This is a phenomenal bottle of Mosel Riesling. Incredibly potent nose of lime, lime pith and peel, crushed stones, rock candy, white florals and some red and green apple in the background. Laser sharp and precise. Electric and juicy on the palate - it enters sweet with honey and then red and green apple. Lime and stones come later along with some sweet spices. Tangerine. It’s full of flavor and yet so light and airy. Perfect acid/sugar balance - this takes over the mouth and entrances with its complexity, poise and zip. It’s got that gossamer quality of the best of the auction Spatleses. Not showing the vanilla creme at this point but we will see with air. The finish is long and airy and exciting with lime and spices and honey. A thrilling bottle - everything you want from Willi. Nose - 5.5+/6, Finish - 5.5+/6, Finish - 5.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 18/20. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2001 Château SuduirautSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
9/10/2022 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsThis bottle has been open like 3 weeks I think. Drank a bit at a time with it corked in the fridge. |
| Red |
2018 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée TardiveGamay more |
1/27/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsPnPed. The first smell was a knockout with bright red fruits/berries, florals and savory herbs and game. But a quick taste showed lots of flavor but quite dense and actually heavy. Showing some roasted aspects and this feels too burly and a bit hot. Obviously the Tardive is made to age so it may need some air to sort itself out. Will try again tomorrow. 8 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| White |
2019 Goodfellow Family Cellars Chardonnay Richard's Cuvee Whistling Ridge VineyardRibbon Ridge more |
12/8/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsPnPed. (From a Conterno Sensory.) Beautiful right out of the gate. Perfumed and precise and assertive nose - white florals, pollen, mint, rocks, lemon, some oak, saline and salty nuts. This feels more coiled than the 19 Temperance Hill. Just as good on the palate - saturates with lemon peel and zest, salty rocks, mint. Both the nose and palate are so crisp, clean and focused and so full of flavor. The finish is lemon rind, mint, salty rocks - really saline and it puts the salivary glands into overdrive. I don't think I would guess domestic blinded, and this has a lot of what I look for in White Burgundy. Honestly I like this better than a lot of White Burgs I've had at 2-3 times the price. After tasting the Temperance Hill I wrote Marcus and bought some more of that and this wine (I had only gotten 1&1 to try.) But now I think I might go back for even more. This is superb and I'm very interested to see how it develops in the next few days. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17.5/20. |
| Red |
2017 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Barolo MonviglieroNebbiolo more |
10/2/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsNo formal note. PnPed and I was immediately struck by the purity and the sweetness of the fruit on the nose - wild strawberries and raspberries. Also a pretty floral note of roses. Great lift and perfume as well. The palate has some similarities but is also very wound tight - lots of tannins, but one can see the potential and hidden complexity. I wish I had had time to sit with this and track it for the first 6 hours. The next day it was more shut down. 7 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2019 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la RoiletteGamay more |
2/24/2022 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 93 pointstook a few minutes of air to open up. Now a beautiful nose of strawberries, rocks and stones. Doesn’t have much of the signature savory-herbal note. I’d suspect that’s the vintage but it might need more air. Palate is fresh and pure and tasty showing the fruit and a bit of green savory note. Nice red and pure finish. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 16/20. 7 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White |
2020 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett #3Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
3/2/2022 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 95 pointsFrom a glass that's been sitting out for about 2 hours: Airy and light nose of red and green apple, lime, honeysuckle, mint/green grass/green herbs, rocks and slate. A bit of vanilla or whipped cream. Palate enters sweet with whipped cream, honey, peach, red apple, lime - again light and airy, very delicious, creamy in the mid palate. Later in the palate this seems to falter a bit and lose some structure - missing a bit of zing, but it's a warm glass. Creamy and soft finish with lime and apple and some mint and whipped cream. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 16-16.5/20. |
| Red |
2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva RabajàNebbiolo more |
5/8/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsDay 1. This has been open for an hour or so. The nose is darker than the Asili - Blackberry, cherry and Black cherry, with lots of violets, iron, some leather, earth and spice. Just beautiful. Don't see the Balsamic note that I often find and love in this bottling. Palate is wicked tight. Tons of tannins and acid come down like a hammer. Pure fruit and florals - there is a real seve and intensity to the fruit and flavors - the tannins are fine, a serious mineral note that goes into the finish. Very promising. I might give the Asili a slight edge right now but let's see how this progresses over the next week or so. Nose - 5.5+/6, Palate - 5+/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5+?/2 = 17+/20. |
| Red |
2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva OvelloNebbiolo more |
8/15/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsThis, like the Asili, is definitely on the red side of the spectrum - with wild strawberry, red spices, and a really complex metal-clay thing. Cinnamon. Roses. I do get that medicinal note that others are getting. The palate is red in tone and calms down with air, showing mostly leather, tart cherry, and a fine wall of tannins. High acid - it showed some volatility and heat when first the first pour warmed up, but with more air it mellowed. I found that a slight chill on the bottle really helped focus the wine and have it show its best right out of the gate. I'm an Ovello fan so take that into account as you read. I liked this better than the Montefico in many ways - the Montefico is more balanced but what the Ovello shows I like more. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5+/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17-17.5/20 (with 17.5-18.5/20 potential.) |
| Red |
2010 Cavallotto Barolo Bricco BoschisNebbiolo more |
2/11/2015 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsHaving received a generous grant from the A. So foundation to study 2010 Baroli in their infancy - FOR SCIENCE! I purchased and opened a bottle of this. PnP - The nose is perfumed, elegant and soaring. It leads with primary fruit of strawberry and sweet cherry (Keshet nailed it with Pomegranate) and a tinge of orange/citrus liveliness and zest- the fruit is crystal clear. Also on the nose - nice pine, forest floor and herbs, a little spice and a touch of minerals and cocoa. The palate is pure - great fruit: strawberry and cherry, nice minerality and herbal quality. This is a medium bodied wine with great lift and good acid. The tannins are fine and somewhat chewy, but not ferocious. The finish is still young but currently sweet with the primary fruit, herbs and stones, ending with sweet and chewy tannins. Delicious now, with its baby fat, but clearly has the stuffing to age. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5+/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17+/20, with 17.5-18/20 potential. 7 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White |
2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thörnicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett "Monster"Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
4/1/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 93 pointsThis is killer on the nose - hugely fragrant and complex and electric. Rock candy, honey, honeysuckle, mint, green peas and grass, lime, slate and rock. This is pitch perfect and sharp as a Katana. Laser sharp on the palate as well - more green and less sweet this is closer to the Oben than the Terrasen but has more material and complexity than the Oben - still just a touch dry for my Kabinett - tons of lime and green and mint, really brothy and full of saline minerality towards the end palate into the finsh. The palate is light as a feather and really poised. Finish is super saline minerality and lime. Lovely, but my $ is still on the Terrasen. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 16.5-17/20. 7 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2014 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée TardiveGamay more |
3/19/2017 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 96 points375ml from Crush. PnPed. Wasn't sure how this would show - would it need a day or two? NOPE. Screaming right out of the gate. The nose is just stunning: bright red fruits: wild strawberry, cherry, pomegranate, cranberry, savory game and a bit of herbs - but none of the green/herbal that often is in Roilette and Bojo, which works OK, but I like it this way better. Stones. The nose on this is just stupid good - so fresh and pure and light - it's just a joy. The palate is just as good as the nose, how is that possible?. It enters with the fruit and game - it's a bit darker than the nose: black cherry, strawberry, black raspberry - this enters somewhat tart with the fruit and you think it's going to continue through the whole thing, but layers of flavor and texture envelope it, making it bright with great acid, but so silky. The mouthfeel and balance are staggering. As you move towards the end of the palate, and when trilled, the energy of the wine builds, showing immense reserves - it feels like the supercharger kicking in for Max- the minerality, game and herbs come out as well. The finish is bright and tart red fruits, fine tannins, minerals, herbs and game that just coat the tongue. This is stupendous and destroys many wines that cost an order of magnitude more. I have no idea how Coudert does it, but I am damn glad he does. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5.5+/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 2/2 = 18+/20. |
| Red |
2017 Marie et Pierre Bénetière Côte-Rôtie CordelouxSyrah more |
9/5/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 92 pointsNo other notes than Fu's? I guess maybe people want to avoid a repeat of the 15 shitshow. Well, I've got like 2 cases of this so here we go... 6 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2016 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva MontestefanoNebbiolo more |
10/3/2021 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 93 pointsPour that's had a good amount of air: this shows lots of dark spices, earth, leather, and sour-ish black cherry fruit. Tar. The palate is very closed with a ton of acid and tannins. |
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