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• Harrie Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 17, 2024 - A great contestant in the 2016 Swiss pinot noir battle of the bottles March 2024 at Alpenclub in Engelberg.
  
  95 for Studach‘s 2016 Pinot noir (WOTN) - open for business, gorgeous nose, multiple layers of fruit on the palate and a mid-length finish. A really great wine getting into prime drinking window.
  Donatsch‘s Unique 2016 a close second at 94. Great fruit as well, notably in the mouth. Just is still a bit more closed on the nose. Takes time to open up and show its sophistication. Possibly the three hours given were not enough.
  Gantenbein 2016 somewhat disappointing in the flight, as still quite closed and one-dimensional in the nose and on the palate. 92 ? 93 ? This wine still needs much time.
  Two runners up with Maison Carree’s Hauterive 2016 (93) and Bachtobel’s nr 4 (92-93). Both great to drink, Carree with a bit better structure and length.
  
  Overall all great wines of a good vintage that are coming into life now and will be a pleasure to drink well into the next decade.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 94 points

  March 3, 2024 - During a MOT Gantenbein Masterclass. Martha and Daniel, who single-handedly created the first high quality Swiss Wine of World renown, starting 40 years ago, walked through their Kaizen approach of work, clonal selection, vineyard and Cuvée mgmt. The wines were consistently of high quality. I wish there were more Gantenbeins in the Swiss wine landscape, especially the Romandie.
  TN: Discrete nose of red berries, earthy elements, sous bois. Fees like a strong and structured year but drinking well already.

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• oli_m Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 1, 2024 - Social blind tasting of these three wines (not decanted, drank the bottles over 4 hours)
  - Gantenbein 2016 (95)
  - Tatasciore Vielles Vignes 2016 (98)
  - Tatasciore les Margiles 2016 (95+)
  
  The Gantenbein is a totally different wine than Tatasciore’s. typical oak, mushrooms and forest floor. I love it, but the oak is quite intense. Super enjoyable to drink at this moment. no decanting needed.
  
  The two Tatasciores were really distinctive, almost funky, and super super intense on the nose with a lot of spices (in particular red peppers and vegetable boiullon/broth). The oak is perfect, not too much, very elegant.
  
  Les Margiles was a lot more concentrated than Vielles Vignes. Vielles Vignes is much leaner. Les Margiles reminded more of a Bordeaux, even Cabernet Franc. Les Margiles is too young and concentrated at the moment IMO, even though it started to open up after 3 hours (we had to switch to the big Zalto glass). This wine will become much better with time, I would say in 10 years, but definetely not a wine to drink within the next five years.
  
  The group uni sono preferred the Vielles Vignes. A wine that is so much fun to drink at the moment, almost perfect. Tatschiore's wines were more complex than the Gantenbein.
  
  Decanting only necessary for les margiles.

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• palfr2 wrote:

  March 1, 2024 - Sinewy cherry liquor kirsch vanilla oak

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• sirpat00 wrote: 95 points

  April 23, 2023 - Not decanted and that worked, but probably would benefit from a brief 30min in the decanter. Fine sour cherry and red cherry fruit, mineral notes of slate as the defining feature. Herbal notes of black tea, earth as well as mocha and coffee. A juicy palate, mostly acidity-driven, and long finish. A great Gantenbein, but not yet in its peak drinking window. Best to give it another 2-3 years in the cellar.

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• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Gantenbein
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
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• Country Switzerland
• Region Eastern Switzerland
• SubRegion Graubünden
• Appellation Fläsch

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