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2021 Weingut Keller Riesling Alte Reben Reserve

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4/14/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 93 points

This was an absolutely beautiful young wine, which comes from limestone rich soils and is a blend of 75% Chardonnay and 25% Weissburgunder.
Incredibly classy with chalky minerality on a crystalline frame that showcased notes of lemons and pears.
There was a touch of that waxy fruit character you get from Weissburgunder and then comes the tangy youthful Chardonnay to give it tons of energy. Seriously, this is pure class, with a textural mouthfeel but refined elegance. I absolutely loved the interplay between fresh pears and apples while getting hints of the candied versions of each fruit as well.
I enjoyed this bottle with some grilled kumquat and ginger glazed salmon and the pairing was delicious! What a pairing and a great night.
The collaboration between father and son is not only so exciting to watch, but also brings much joy.

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2020 Lukas Hammelmann Zeiskamer Klostergarten Riesling

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4/14/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 93 points

This young bottle of Riesling took a little coaxing to open up, but once it had some air it really was something special. I had no doubt that this would be a wine to spend an evening with and it was enjoyed over about 4 hours. What Lukas is doing is nothing short of incredible. His wines are like nothing else and he is doing it in a place that you would never expect. Magic is happening in this little corner of the Pfalz.
Initially quite tight with haunting aromas of smoke and a palate that was like drinking liquid rock.
With air, this insanely pure wine really showed its class. The palate burst with juicy lip smacking apples with notes of lemon oil and shone like sunshine that was chiseled from pure stone.
Layers of nuance, wonderfully transparent, and so so delicious. Another wow wine to enjoy on the journey with the immensely talented Lukas Hammelmann.

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2016 Aeris Wines Etna Bianco Superiore

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4/12/2024 - CADomer wrote: NR

Sadly this was my last bottle and it was completely oxidized and not enjoyable…

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2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thörnicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett "Terrassen"

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4/10/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 94 points

This is one of my favorite bottlings from one of my favorite producers. I was excited to open a bottle from the 2022 vintage to get a feel for how this tiny terraced block from the great Thörnicher Ritsch shows in this particular vintage.
These wines defy conventional wisdom and can be open in the refrigerator for weeks without losing a step. I opened this wine and drank a third of the bottle, popped it back in the refrigerator and then came back it 16 days later. On day one this was racy, tangy, and smokey on a tightly wound and very youthful frame. But then my first taste after being open for over two weeks was absolutely WOW! So incredibly delicious with a myriad of fruit in the vessel of purity that was like mineral water. Piquant apples that seemed to evolve into nectarines and maybe even a hint of plums. Bergamot that gave way to juicy tangelos. All this while being so saline and pure that I couldn’t help but be taken back to being on the monolith that is Ritsch. Absolutely gorgeous with a flutter of sweet herbs and balsamic botanical notes.
Insanely pure, honest, deep yet filigreed, and ultimately so incredibly drinkable.

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2021 Weingut Keller Scheurebe Kabinett

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3/31/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

Beautiful, delicious, and slightly more restrained than previous vintages. Enjoyed this with Easter dinner and it was such a great addition to our celebration. Fresh apples and light melons with an edge of gooseberry on the bright and zippy palate.

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2012 G.D. Vajra Barolo Ravera

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3/30/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 94 points

Drank this beauty over two nights. It was fairly tight on night one with a simple pop and pour. So, I saved the second half of the bottle for the next night and it was beautiful. Delicious and perfumed fruit that made this absolutely irresistible.

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2022 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben "Gisela" #8

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3/22/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 95 points

This is not the first time that I have had this wine from the 2022 vintage and at our annual vintage tasting it stood out for its elegance and purity. On this night, over 2 months later, it really showed why this bottling is so special. Intoxicating aromas of candied limes and delicate wildflowers that draw you into a palate that showed a myriad of flavors and was deeply soulful yet practically weightless.
Absolutely delicious notes of empire apples, piquant citrus zest, ginger spiced whipped cream, and mouthwatering prickly acidity all on a frame that was long and so fine. Hauntingly savory mineral undertones interwoven into the tangy fruit that left me begging for more. This had that impossible balance between being completely penetrating while at the same time elusive as you try to grasp everything that you are experiencing.
An absolute wow wine that is honestly as good as Kabinett gets in my mind. Delicate, playful, complex, and a true joy to drink.

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2014 Cantina Terlan Pinot Bianco Terlano Riserva Vorberg

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3/24/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

Rich and golden with unctuous orchard fruit and a viscous mouthfeel. There is nice minerality and a flutter of florality. This is definitely a wine expressing a warmer vintage than other vintages that really shine for the bottling. Good, but not as great as cooler vintages.

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2021 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir Liaison

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3/16/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 92 points

This was absolutely beautiful and such an exciting bottle for the direction of German Pinot Noir.
This was bright and fresh while being complex and nuanced. Delicious notes of red berries, blood oranges and pomegranate with undertones of earth and wild herbs.
A wine that really struck me for the purity and freshness that it delivered. Bottles like this can’t help but make me very excited about the energy in the German wine scene and what lies ahead in what appears to be a very bright future.

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2017 Arnot-Roberts Pinot Noir Peter Martin Ray Vineyard

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3/23/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 93 points

Dark with wild berries in a beautifully weighted and elegant Pinot. This was fairly shy to start, but with a couple hours of air really shone. There was an absolutely beautiful floral and candied fruit note on the nose on the last glass that made me wish for more.

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2022 Kilburg Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett

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3/21/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 92 points

Another fantastic bottle from rising star, Max Kilburg. Absolutely delicious; giving you all of that beautiful fruit you expect from Goldtröpfchen, the surprising elegance of 2022, and with that special touch that Max gives his wonderful wines.
This tasty wine burst from the glass with piquant nectarines and mandarin oranges in a wine that was both zippy and full of tangy fruit while simultaneously being light footed, elegant and so fresh.
I saved half the bottle and finished it seven days later. The wine showed fruit that was more exotic and round, but even with the added weight this was still so nice. This stayed balanced with the acidity feeling more resolved as it countered the unctuous and lip smacking fruit filled finish. This was pure pleasure and so fun to drink.

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2022 Weingut Keller Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling Kabinett

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3/13/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 95 points

This was most certainly a wine that I was very excited to open and enjoy. I made a plan to drink this over a few nights and it took every ounce of will power to just have half of the bottle on night one. This was classic Keller and it sang very true to the spirit of Kirchspiel.
It was playful with a burst of fruit up front yet had an elegant and fresh finish. Utterly delicious notes of tangy peach and tingling spice with a wonderfully zippy and sweet slice of lime that is absolutely lip smacking.
Finishing this after 3 days, I was struck with the simple fact that this was flat out crazy good. A flutter of fine smoke on the nose was followed by a bounty of orchard fruits. The palate was full of rich and spicy stone fruit, cooling mint, and candied oranges. There was some grip and weight but everything remained perfectly balanced.
A wow wine that was both fantastically delicious now and also so layered and deep that it will reward those that have the fortitude to age in their cellar for years to come.

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2021 Jonas Dostert Pinot Gris

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3/10/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

Another beautiful bottle from this talented winemaker coming from the village Nittel in the Obermosel. The ceiling is very high for the young Jonas Dostert. I am so happy to have the opportunity, through his wines, to experience his growth, development, and successes as he shines a continually brighter light on this quiet corner of the Mosel.
This was my second bottle of this wine and I was again struck by the beautiful and refined mineral purity that gave this such subtle yet deep resonance. Notes of orchard fruits, tonic, and a pretty edge of ripe apples all made this thoughtful and totally delicious.

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2019 Achille Milanesio Carema Cuvée L’Arsin

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3/9/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 93 points

This delicious Nebbiolo from Carema was elegant and perfumed. Both youthful and deep at the same time. Striking nose of baking spice and bright fruit. The palate was saline and mineral with delicious sweet blackberries. Can't wait to see where this goes with some age.

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2018 Pietradolce Etna Archineri Bianco

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3/10/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

Very nice, but not quite as dynamic as my last bottle for some reason. Looking forward to my next bottle. Such a great example of Carricante.

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2022 Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese feinherb "Palm" #3

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3/6/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 93 points

This was flat out delicious and a wine that took all of my limited willpower to slow down and take notes. It was just a pure joy to drink.
Bursting from the glass with notes of the sweet herbaceous kaffir lime leaf and white nectarines. The palate was beautifully mineral and pure with striking elegance. Mouthwatering notes of delicately spiced and piquant nectarines and was so light footed while have a long and satisfying finish full of wonderfully tangy candied grapefruit.
Palm has really become one of my favorite bottlings in this incredible lineup of wines, year in and year out.

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2009 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato

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3/4/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 93 points

This was a much better showing than my previous bottle. It took a lot of air to get there, but this really was beautiful. Classic Monprivato with bright red fruit and floral perfume. Wonderfully elegant and pure with great balance. Very excited that this wine seems to be going in the right direction.

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2021 Giegerich Klingenberger Schlossberg Sylvaner Felix & Philipp

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3/1/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 94 points

This is the last bottling for me to try in the trio of wines made in collaboration by two young and highly talented winemakers, in Felix Keller and Philipp Giegerich in the noble effort to celebrate the old vines on the steeply terraced vineyard of Klingenberger Schlossberg in the Franken. After being wowed by the Portugieser and the Riesling, I couldn’t have been more excited to see how the Sylvaner would showcase this special site. This was bottle number 168 of 250 and it was as beautiful as it is rare. I am so happy to have an extra bottle of each of these in the cellar to let them age and enjoy down the road.
This immediately showed a density and richness of fruit that told me that this was coming from old vines grown on sandstone soil warmed by the sun. The palate had a glossy mouthfeel that seemed to become lighter with air.
This was deep, savory, and absolutely delicious with beautiful notes of flint and sweet smoke. The palate was like mineral water infused with luscious fruit and a touch of spice. With air this was absolutely singing.
Even more than the other two wines made by these two friends, I could feel the love in this wine. An emotional and soulful wine that shows the incredible heights Sylvaner can reach in the right hands while showcasing the best sites.

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2022 Stein Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett feinherb Alte Reben

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3/2/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

This was youthful and incredibly energetic with notes of delicious tangy peach and mouthwatering spice. As is typically the case with this bottling, it is slightly more giving than the Palmberg bottling and had a ripeness of fruit in the approach. But was wonderfully elegant and fresh with a great zippy finish.
I saved half the bottle and finished after 5 days. This was even more energetic with vibrantly spiced apples and a deep undertone of slate.
This wine is so easy to drink now, definitely hide them away if you have any hope to save some for later.

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2022 Weiser-Künstler Riesling Trarbacher Trocken

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3/3/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 90 points

This was electric and tightly wound. The nose was beautiful with sweet spices, florality, and a hint of smoke. The palate was like a block of stone being chiseled into by fresh quince and lemons. There was a softer edge of sweet herbs that helped to make this quite fine. So linear and racy at this point. Drinking this over 5 days didn’t do anything to soften the edges of this very young wine. Much patience needed here.

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2019 Wasenhaus Weissburgunder Am Kreuz

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2/25/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 92 points

What a treat this was! Absolutely beautiful wine that was full of class and a total joy to drink.
The nose was wonderfully perfumed with stone fruits and cherry blossoms. The palate was incredibly balanced with a delicious inner sweetness of fruit. Initial notes of Rainier Cherry and pastry led into ripe pears and a finish of tangy citrus.
The wines from the dynamic duo of Alex Götze and Christoph Wolber continue to impress me deeply. This was like a symphony of complimentary notes creating so many layers which add complexity and pure pleasure.

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2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thörnicher Ritsch im Schneidersberg Riesling Kabinett -t-

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2/25/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

I was excited to drink a bottle of this new parcel from Ludes in the monument that is Thörnicher Ritsch.
An electric wine with a fascinating combination of lemon lime, smokey flint and savory herbal notes. The palate evolved into notes of piquant Empire apples with a zing of ginger spice on a frame with the purity of mineral water.
After half the bottle I screwed the cap back on the put it in the refrigerator to revisit later. After 12 days, I opened this back up and it hadn’t budged an inch! So racy, flinty, and herbaceous with a long lip smacking finish that was like fresh squeezed lemon juice on wet slate.
This is pure, beautiful, and built to last. I can’t wait to see this wine again in 10+ years. I have no doubt it will be shockingly fresh and delicious.

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2017 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Bianco Cuvée delle Vigne Niche Calderara Sottana

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2/25/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 92 points

The nose was a bit more restrained on this bottle, compared to my previous bottle. But the palate was delicious, waxy, and salty. Was wonderful at the dinner table.

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2014 Elio Grasso Barolo

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2/24/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 91 points

After 3 years since my last bottle, I was looking forward to checking in on this wine. I enjoyed it with some homemade Fusilli alla Norcina.
The bottle was very tight to start, even after being slow-o’d for 7 hours prior to dinner. It really took another 2 hours of drinking during dinner and the last couple glasses were showing very well.
Bright red fruit and spice upfront with a depth of dark fruit that came with air. Wonderfully pure and delicious, but definitely in a slightly ‘closed’ phase. I will wait another few years before opening another bottle, but would recommend if you open one soon that you give it a lot of air.

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2021 Lukas Hammelmann Von den Terrassen Riesling Schlossberg

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2/19/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine: 94 points

This was one of the wines that really stood out to me when we visited Lukas back in December of 2022. It was absolutely electric that day and I had the immediate thought that it will be something very special, if you just have the patience to let it come together and shine. I bought multiple bottles as soon as I had the chance, so I thought I would open my first bottle just to see if the lightning bolt that I experienced that day in Zeiskam was as I remembered it.
The wine was just as unyielding and crackling with electricity as it was 14 months ago. There is something so unique and exciting about this wine. A mind bending combination of smoke, pungent herbs and flint with a palate that is like fresh squeezed lemon juice over chiseled rock. The wine vibrates with energy in the glass and requires you to hold on tight as you try to harness its youthful verve.
I saved a third of the bottle a week to see if air was able to tame it in any way. After a week open in the refrigerator it had barely budged. Smokey, flinty, and showed some resolution that softened the high tones slightly with some added texture. This wine is so serious and has persistent pulsating acidity. I will not touch another bottle of this for at least another 6-8 years. The wine deserves (and needs!) that time. Time to find a dark hidden corner in the cellar for my remaining bottles.

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