Year end tasting

Marmion Bar, Frankfurt
Tasted Sunday, December 8, 2024 by NoTrollingerPlease with 202 views

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • NV Weingut Keller Grande Cuvée No. 001 Sekt brut nature 93 Points

    Germany, Rheinhessen

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, pale golden color. Fine, fresh nose with some autolytic notes and some fine oak. On the palate elegant, balanced, medium+ acidity, fine bitter notes. Very harmonious and nice. Needs a bit more time to develop even more complexity. Good length and depth. Nice. 92-93+

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  • NV Emmanuel Brochet Champagne Premier Cru Extra Brut (2019) Le Mont Benoit 94 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, advanced deep golden color. Complex, deep nose. Salty notes, yeast, autolytic, musty notes. Very deep.
    On the palate beautiful tension and energy. A bit special and freak, but also quite creamy and complex. Long, deep finish. 93-94

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2019 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Bourgogne Blanc Initiales B.B. 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Tasted blind. Clear, pale golden color. Fine, dense and citrus driven nose. On the palate very elegant, dense and fine. Medium+ acidity, herbaceous, juicy, medium+ length Beautiful Bourgogne with potential for development at least of 5+ years. 93+

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  • 2019 Bernhard Huber Malterdinger Bienenberg Chardonnay Großes Gewächs 92 Points

    Germany, Baden

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Tasted blind. Huber was easy to detect :) Clear, pale golden color. Very oaky nose, lots of toasting, spices, fine lime notes.
    On the palate with a beautiful tension, depth and energy. Once the oak has blended in, it will be a really good to great Chardonnay. Wonderful high, ripe acidity. Good length. Needs 5+ years. 92++

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Flight 3 (4 Notes)

  • 2017 Georg Breuer Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg Riesling

    Germany, Rheingau

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    All Riesling tasted blind. Clear pale golden color. Slightly oxidized, musty and advanced nose. None of the Riesling in this tasting should smell and taste like this. Not a perfect bottle.
    On the palate also oxidized with slight musty and mellow apple notes. Fine bitter notes, well balanced, but too advanced. No Rating.

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  • 2017 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs 93 Points

    Germany, Nahe

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    All Riesling tasted blind. Clear pale golden color. Beautiful nose with fine fruit and some amalfi citrus notes. Beautiful.
    On the palate with a wonderful tension. Some exotic fruit, fine lemon notes, mineral, energetic and a wonderful long, lingering finish. Needs 5+ years to fully shine. 93++

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  • 2017 Weingut Keller Abts E® Riesling Großes Gewächs 95 Points

    Germany, Rheinhessen

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    All Riesling tasted blind. Clear, pale golden color. Very deep, herbaceous nose with some fine green tobacco leaves.
    On the palate with a wonderful chalky mineral expression and vibrant energy. Very herbaceous and smoky, very long. Needs 5+ years to fully unfold, but it is already great. 95+

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  • 2017 Wittmann Westhofener Morstein Riesling Großes Gewächs 94 Points

    Germany, Rheinhessen

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    All Riesling tasted blind. Clear, pale golden color. Nose with fine exotic fruit and honey, that made me think Keller :) Also some fine Amalfi citrus notes.
    On the palate rounder than the AbtsE, very elegant, herbaceous, fine sweet fruit. Also with a lovely energy and a long and fruity-mineral finish. Still upside potential. 94+

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2011 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate 94 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Tasted blind. Clear, ruby color with some fading edges. Beautiful fine nose, floral, licorice, herbaceous, complex and deep.
    On the palate very elegant, herbaceous and dense. High, ripe acidity, fruity, salty and spicy.. Beautiful texture. Long and lingering finish. 94+

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  • 2011 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo Le Brunate 86 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Tasted blind. Clear ruby colos with fading edges. Nose with some unpleasant, artificial cherry fruit, very artificial.
    WTF! Unbalanced palate, bitter notes, botrytis, green. This is no Barolo! Bottle was not flawed, this wine was simply... bad. 86-87

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Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 2010 Domaine Rossignol Trapet Chambertin 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, medium ruby color. Beautiful fine, deep, smoky and complex nose with wonderful flavors of orange zests. Deep and lovely!
    On the palate with a beautiful acidity structure and fine, velvet tannin. Very juicy, deep, elegant and balanced. Wonderful texture and structure, great energy and density. Long, lingering and elegant finish. 95+

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  • 2010 Domaine Ponsot Corton Cuvée du Bourdon 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, deep ruby color. Nose was quite muted and not overly complex.
    On the palate you can feel the high, 14% abv. It is very powerful and warm. Not very elegant. Good structure and texture. Medium+ length. Might gain finesse and complexity with 10+ years of bottle age. 92+

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Flight 6 (2 Notes)

  • 2006 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 92 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, medium ruby color. Quite advanced nose with some lovage.
    On the palate very cool, mineral, dense. Tannins are a bit drying and overall this wine seemed to be very advanced. Good length. Certainly not a perfect bottle. 92

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  • 2006 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon 92 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, deep ruby color. Very deep nose, black olives, massive fruit, some rum pot and amarena cherries.
    On the palate very young and undeveloped. Fruity, massive and hot. Not overly complex. Fine chalky mineral notes and very dense. Medium+ length. Needs probably another decade to unfold. 91-92+

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Flight 7 (2 Notes)

  • 1997 Domaine Ponsot Chapelle-Chambertin 87 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, medium ruby color. Nose with lots of speck, harsh green notes and canned vegetables like mushrooms and asparagus.
    On the palate unbalanced, green, canned vegetables. This is cheeky to call it a Grand Cru! Very bad vintage, not well handled. 87

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  • 1997 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Cerequio 91 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Hazy, ruby color. Advanced nose with some lovage.
    On the palate way better than the nose. Round, balanced, quite deep with fine tannins, nice acidity and a medium+ length. Drink now. 91

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Flight 8 (2 Notes)

  • 2005 Château Cos d'Estournel 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, deep ruby color. Nose quite muted. On the palate very fine, elegant, good tension. Lots of fruit, very juicy, some olives, long finish. Beautiful already, but will be even better in 5+ years. 94+

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  • 2005 Château Montrose 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe

    Glass: Zalto Burgundy
    Clear, deep ruby with purple reflexes. Very fine and elegant Bordeaux nose. On the palate very cool, fine, silky tannin, lively acidity. Very juicy, lots of extract, tension and energy combined with a wonderful texture and structure. Long finish. 95+

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Flight 9 (1 Note)

  • 1993 Karthäuserhof Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Riesling Auslese Lange Goldkapsel Nr. 35 Auction 96 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Glass: Gabriel Universal
    Clear, deep golden-amber color. Super complex, fully developed Ruwer nose. Elder and cassis mixed with beautiful orange peel. Fresh, deep and dense.
    On the palate with an enormous high, racy acidity. Wonderful complex favors of Cassis, elder, exotic fruit and herbs. Beautiful creamy, oily texture, very dense, great ension and energy. Very, very long and complex finish. Beautiful bottle. 96

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