5/16/2024 - huse wrote:

Rich, quite full-bodied wine made up with 100 percent Roter Veltliner, a rare indigenous Austrian grape variety (not related to the Grüner Veltliner) grown only in the Kamptal, Wagram and Weinviertel regions. Maturation: four months on the fine lees. Color: bright straw-yellow with some silver reflections. Bouquet: inviting scents of white flowers, ripe pear, mango and a hint of rosemary. On the palate: a juicy, well-balanced wine dominated by concentrated peach and apple fruit, with quite a creamy texture and a fine acid structure. Finish: good mineral aftertaste with a slight touch of honey. Optimal enjoyment: now–2026.

Rijke, vrij volumineuze Roter Veltliner-wijn (100 percent), een zeldzame autochtone Oostenrijkse druivensoort (niet verwant met de Grüner Veltliner) die alleen in de regio's Kamptal, Wagram en Weinviertel geteeld wordt. Rijping: vier maanden ‘sur lie’. Kleur: helder strogeel met wat zilveren schakeringen. Bouquet: verleidelijke aroma’s van witte bloemen, rijpe peer, mango en een vleugje rozemarijn. In de mond: een sappige, mooi uitgebalanceerde wijn die wordt gedomineerd door geconcentreerd perzik- en appelfruit, met een vrij romige textuur en een fijne aciditeitsstructuur. Finale: degelijke minerale afdronk met een lichte honingtoets. Optimaal drinkgenot: nu–2026.

5/16/2024 - KevinS wrote:

Delicious! Excellent complexity and depth for Bourgogne. Super enjoyable.

5/16/2024 - Jpaar Likes this wine:

Medium garnet. Cherry, rose, balsamic, baking spices, oak, flowers. Medium+ acidity and tannins, medium body. Slightly oxidised, but still going strong.

5/15/2024 - Diane (LI) wrote:

I found a battle between fruit and tannins with an underlying note of decay and oxidation. What fruit that was there was sweet, but this was a disappointing bottle.

5/16/2024 - salil wrote:

Amazing quality for the price, one to buy by the case. Love the aromatics here - so floral and bright, with a perfumed intensity, and incredibly fresh sappy red fruited flavours beneath. There’s a fair bit of tannic grip here, but it works perfectly with meat off the grill and the tannins ease up as this sits open for a few hours, eventually softening enough to give this a really silky texture. Brilliant wine.

3/3/2024 - NoWineWiz Likes this wine:

Still enjoyable, but has lost some of its pizazz.

5/16/2024 - salil wrote:

I was not expecting to like this so much more than the Kabinett (#8), but huh. This is something. All the bright citrus/pear fruit of the Kabinett, but conveyed with a bit more restraint and slightly less sweetness, but there’s also such a vivid mineral component here. Intensely stony and rocky, and the mineral notes keep building as this sits open longer. It’s just barely off-dry with enough sugar to round out the acids, but never really feeling ‘sweet’. Terrific wine and I need to find more.

5/16/2024 - despore Likes this wine:

A: med lemon, with gold notes
N: yellow and green apple, pear, brioche, cream, saline
P: dry (zero dosage), fine-smooth perlage, high acidity, med body, 12.5% ABV
C: very good = balanced just ripe fruit with rich autolytics and bright acidity, smooth and fine perlage, med (+) concentration, med (+) intensity, med (+) complexity, long finish. Really lovely Methodo Classico, the extra body and salinity set this wine apart from classic Champagne blend. Drink now or over coming 5-10 years.

5/16/2024 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine:

In a perfect place now, unlike in 2016 - the tannins have receded and the fruit has matured, leaving a very refined, elegant bottle showing plenty of fine red cherry and redcurrants, but with still plenty in the tank. No hurry at all to open this unless you prefer the fruit to be young and more vibrant. I would guess it has another ten years.

5/16/2024 - salil wrote:

Very pretty and a lot of fun to drink. It’s not super complex - I don’t find the same depth of flavour that Seth/MFW note beyond the ripe primary fruit, but there’s a brightness and clarity to the citrus and white fruited flavours that I love, and plenty of acidity keeping it very light and easy to drink.

5/15/2024 - EvanJB wrote:

Drinking very well

5/16/2024 - ptaylor2112 Likes this wine:

Served around 55 degrees; Vincent suggests his wines be served on the cooler side and I have found that to be true. Red fruit, a hint of funk and mushroom. A tiny bit hollow just as it hits the midpalate. This wine is more subtle than the 2019 Ribbon Ridge. I think it would have gained some weight on Day 2 but it didn't get that far. Good pairing with leftover chicken and air fryer carrots. Love the low ABV. Drink or hold.

5/15/2024 - MJHDC wrote:

This is a beautiful wine from an under-the-radar winery. Aromatically, it's multi-layered, with a good deal of spice (but made in neutral casks, I believe), herbal, and dark red fruit components. It is quite acidic, savory, and dry on the palate, akin to a Loire or N. Rhone from a cool year and site. The mix of grapes is unusual, with the red Loureiro component said to be "almost extinct" in Wine Grapes.

5/16/2024 - redz wrote:

Improved from 2 years ago. Has lots more time.

5/16/2024 - DavidKehler wrote:

Well past its prime

5/16/2024 - 560 B&W Likes this wine:

Probably the zippiest Heintz I’ve had. Love it. Open now but I suspect not for long. 12%

5/4/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote:

Green apples, lemons, pomelo, pineapples, and white flowers create the perfume. The wine is bright, and energetic, the fruit, and freshness of a ripe Meyer lemon on the palate. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, picked August 28-August 30. Drink from 2025-2034. 94 Pts.

5/15/2024 - Wineson wrote:

Popped and poured. V good.

5/16/2024 - NickNYC Likes this wine:

opened a few hours before tasting. beautiful wine, very complex nose magnified by the whole cluster vinification, intoxicating fruit, peony, rose, bramble. the palate is lucious, fresh (the whole cluster again), layered which goes on and on. So very good now but would love to taste another bottle in 10 years.

5/16/2024 - seekingbalance Likes this wine:

90+. (from memory, can't understand why i didn't write something)

Open for some time, not decanted, both with and without food.

I found this incredibly pure, balanced, and complementary to food. Light in body but with plenty of flavor, not the least heavy. Nose has spice, light berry fruit, some earth.

Super easy drinking. Is that a good thing? LOL

Essentially zero tanins; but good - if not string acid. Makes it terrifically smooth, has some ability to last, but no benefit to age and likely not a ton of durability so i would buy only what can be consumed over ~ 2 years. Maybe a little more.

I'm a fan.

5/16/2024 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine:

This came together about 30min after opening. Noticeable acidity but balanced out by almost sweet dried fruit flavors. This was complex and while showing some age I think could go several more years.

5/16/2024 - Wine Poor Likes this wine:

I enjoyed this with some deli-meats and cheese before dinner.

5/16/2024 - dyasbek1 Likes this wine:

Enjoyable, but potentially slightly past its prime. The 2011 we had the other night was INCREDIBLE.

5/16/2024 - Vabon Likes this wine:

bottle open 12 hours prior.
Nice vivid colour, very clean. Nose is still quite alive, marked by a leather dominant, slowly leading way to cherry in alcohol, with spices like nutmeg and paper. The mouth is sustained by a nice acidity, present, but not invasive, giving way to an interesting persistence. Surprising how these older Cirò tend to age like Nebbiolo. This bottle was not labelled as Superiore. don't think it existed at the time.

5/16/2024 - happyhyrax Likes this wine:

Delicious. Absolutely ready to drink. Nice mix of primary fruit, secondary and tertiary flavours. Wonderful balance. Improved a lot with air and was perfectly poised after 2h in decanter. A bit tight on opening.

5/16/2024 - tsdv Likes this wine:

Well done. Big, dark, oakey, with a bite. A lot on the palate, but enjoyable. Good clearance deal at ten bucks.

5/15/2024 - chablis28 wrote:

Heidi's Gang monthly @ StG. CV,KB,DD,LI & CS. Thanks for organizing Siggy! My btl tonight. Gave this an hour plus decant followed by another hour+ slow-ox after arrival at St Gennieve Minneapolis. This was magnificent tonight & my WOTN amongst several rock star btls from Champagne, Burgundy & BDX. At 12 years out from release this is drinking wonderfully already. No doubt there's room for more tertiary evolution with another 5+ years in the cellar but stellar and worth opening one now if you have these. Fabulous in my Burg glass tonight w/ suave deep raspberry, mineral, earth & meat on an ultra-balanced, intense & concentrated palate. The nose was glorious w/ vineyard fresh dark berries, rose petal & emerging forest floor. Hope every wine lover gets a chance to experience the majesty of Chambertin in the hands a Burg master like Domaine Trapet. I'm very lucky to own a few! Prices unfortunately, are on the rise here. The producer was largely under the radar when I started buying them.

5/16/2024 - happyhyrax Likes this wine:

Hugely enjoyable. Fruity, buttery, well balanced. Wet stone on the nose. Simple but excellent. Great for summer.

5/11/2024 - coremill wrote:

AP #4, which I think makes this Onkel Peter, even though Falkenstein hadn't yet started including the site names on the labels yet. Juicy, light, zippy, hardly any feel of extract but a good intensity of tart fruit. Noticeable sugar, seems a bit more Kabinetty than Feinharby. Better on Day 1 than Day 2. I don't see this being a long ager due to the lack of density. Paired nicely with asparagus soup.

5/15/2024 - D_RICH wrote:

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5/16/2024 - Tonythefish Likes this wine:

Well balanced and has aged well. Medium to dark red ruby color. Decent fruit for a 12 year old bottle. Finish was about 25 seconds, with red fruits and light spices coming through. Very enjoyable

5/15/2024 - D_RICH wrote:

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5/16/2024 - LA Pete wrote:

Delightful! Fruit forward, light-bodied, served with slight chill, this was a crowd-pleaser. A welcome change to ubiquitous Pinot Noirs.

5/16/2024 - chablis28 wrote:

Heidi's Gang monthly @ StG. CV,KB,DD,LI & CS. Thanks for organizing Siggy & brining this! In the same flight w/ my '12 J&L Trapet Chambertin. Having recently enjoyed a mesmerizing '09 Echez Siggy brought last month, expectations were through the roof for his follow up GE tonight! And while this delivered some oohs & aah moments it was bit reluctant to put all its cards on the table. But it definitely had its moments! The fruit was pristine and the legendary DRC whole cluster elements were something to behold. Really fun flight. My '12 Chambertin while youthful was eager to please w/ its wonderful classic Burgundy flavors & aromas. Advantage Trapet Chambertin tonight! Thanks Siggy!

5/16/2024 - Emikate82@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Drank well

5/16/2024 - tomlee wrote:

Crimson in color. 14.3% ABV. Breathtaking nose of black fruits, Whitman Sampler box, scorched earth and violets. Exceptionally plush, silky and concentrated. Impeccably balanced. Blackberry liqueur, creme de cassis, cocoa and black currants on the palate. Tremendous length on the finish. Stunning wine that exceeded my lofty expectations. Close to perfection. I'll open my last bottle in 2028.

5/16/2024 - Paul852 Does not like this wine:

No info except L27129 embossed on the label.

My second wine from this family grower, and, at ~US$23, I think the cheapest champagne I have ever drunk.

And, sadly, it's over-priced. It claims to be "extra-brut" but it must be at the very top of that range. There's some honey on the nose. The palate is extraordinarily thin. Almost no acidity. Very little fruit. Blind I wouldn't even be sure this is champagne.

It's not bad or offensive, it just has absolutely nothing to commend it.

5/16/2024 - Barolo Freak wrote:

My second Domaine du Clos des Poulettes wine, and no different than the first. The 2019 has a sour cherry flavor, and only a bit a tannin. It could use a bit of cellaring, but I wouldn't hold my breath on it getting much better. Is it worth $75 a bottle? No sir!

5/16/2024 - rwstorer wrote:

Popped and poured. Lovely Ruby color with aromas of dark cherry, a bit of spice, and dried herb. Beautiful, integrated flavors of cherry, and a slight tobacco finish when paired with a short rib. Nicely made wine and a pleasure to drink right now with some super intense acidity , which I love. Fine to drink now, but I’m waiting a few more years to open another bottle. Long life ahead! Wonderful Wine.

5/16/2024 - gp2468 Likes this wine:

This was one of the best bottles of wine I've had for a long time....decanted for three hours it offers a multitude of red fruit, spice, and floral aromas and doesn't disappoint on the palate. If I was being picky it didn't quite have the weight and punch on the finish that I was expecting, but that is a personal preference. I suspect it will develop further with age but there was nothing tannic in the taste profile so there's no reason not to open one of these now.

5/15/2024 - AGELVIS Likes this wine:

One hour decant. Very very deep magenta color. Charred beignets, vanilla caramel, and black cherry. Smooth, dry palate. Full tannins on the medium long+ finish.

2/1/2021 - VAGenius wrote:

Had with pot roast and the flavors seemed to clash a bit so it was hard to judge... but yeah, I think this is ready to go. It seems more red fruit driven than in past vintages, perhaps because I see no Petite Sirah in the blend.

5/16/2024 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine:

Continues to drink very well. Very enjoyable and a great value.

5/16/2024 - Bigdong wrote:

orchard fruit, nuttyness, needs a decant to settle down a bit.

2/9/2020 - VAGenius Likes this wine:

It's ready now. Tasting great while watching the Oscars!

3/26/2021 - VAGenius wrote:

Nice, but not as good as other vintages.

5/6/2019 - VAGenius wrote:

Young. Needs another year.

5/15/2024 - chablis28 wrote:

Heidi's Gang monthly @ StG. CV,KB,DD,LI & CS. Thanks for organizing Siggy! Kevin's btl. Well, I was taken by this vintage in a Jan 2017 btl, but even more so tonight. Both Kevin's Btls, from same source. The robust nose was like sitting in small room with more than one cigar smoker. I've never smoked a cigar or cigarette in my life, but I do dig the cigar ash I often find on great LMHBs like this! I almost cringe when someone tells me "I don't get BDX"??? Especially, if they've had a chance to drink BDX w/ 25yrs plus on them. They need a g e! This is going strong but also nicely resolved & elegant. Complex layers of; dark fruit, herbs, tobacco, cedar & other harmonics. I have to give Kevin credit for his reliable prep of everything he brings. Sometimes I read notes on CT and wonder, "did you give this the air it deserves?" Prep can make a huge difference in the experience. For me, kind of a tie between this and my '12 J&L Trapet Chambertin tonight. My wife loves salt while I love pepper. Kevin leans BDX & I lean Burgundy but both regions produce amazing wines! Thanks Kevin!

5/16/2024 - palfr2 wrote:

Antonio's , Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi. As far from a typical verdicchio as I could imagine. This is an orange wine as the back-label confirms this sees extended skin-contact. It is a very dry and matte package with great energy. Praline on the quite complex nose. This can make for very intersting food pairings with stronger falvoured seafood for example.

5/16/2024 - mark_k wrote:

Marmalade and some nuts. Creamy and round. Balanced acidity. Solid bargain option