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Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival Hattenheim, Germany
Tasted Thursday, March 6, 2008 by Xavier Auerbach with 592 views
Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival Hattenheim, Germany
Tasted Thursday, March 6, 2008 by Xavier Auerbach with 592 views
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs 90 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Very tight, minerals and flowers, some walnuts/bitters, nice length.
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2002 Schlossgut Diel Pinot Gris 92 Points
Germany, Nahe
Beautifully aromatic, rich and fleshy fruit, minerality, spicy, very pure, long, fully mature. Now - 2012.
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2003 Schloss Schönborn Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling Erstes Gewächs 90 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Wonderful peachy fruit, a true Marcobrunn with its spices and steel, soft, lowish acidity, jolly nice.
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2001 Brancaia Il Blu Toscana IGT 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Stylish, classic Tuscan Sangiovese, but smoother and softer owing to the 45% Merlot, ink, tar, black fruits and minerals, depth and good extract, perfectly integrated oak, finely grained tannins, definition.
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2004 Brancaia Il Blu Toscana IGT 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Nowhere close to the stunning 2001. Much more modern, sweet fruit, nice but relatively superficial.
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1999 Franz Haas Merlot Alto Adige - Südtirol Schweizer 90 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Rich, rounded and creamy, but a bit unknit. Needs time still.
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2000 Franz Haas Istante 87 Points
Italy, Trentino Alto-Adige / Veneto, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Highish acidity, caramelly wood, does not really work.
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2001 Franz Haas Pinot Nero Schweizer 92 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Delicious, "Frucht, Feuer und Fantasie", not very complex but lovely energy, good length.
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2004 Schloss Schönborn Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg Riesling Beerenauslese 90 Points
Germany, Rheingau
A monoply, 150m above the Kronenschlösschen, 160 grams of residual suger, 12 grams of acidity. Impressive statistics but less so in the glass. Rather closed, spicy, lacks weight, good length, nice.
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2003 Schlossgut Diel Riesling Eiswein 92 Points
Germany, Nahe
Virtually colourless, intense, very sweet, tingling acidity, not very complex but exciting.
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