2025 Falstaff Big Bottle Party Düsseldorf Maritim Hotel
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf Airport
Tasted Saturday, March 15, 2025 by _Xenon with 109 views
Introduction
As a private person without a stake in wine business I sneaked into the ProWein in recent years pretending to be a small retailer. So this year we made our life easy. We went to the Falstaff big bottle party the night before the ProWein opening.
You could taste a lot of wines, mostly Italian. Most of the high end ones were the current year, so though the nose of some of them was very nice, they were very young (Flaccianello etc.) as the producer tend to present the current vintages.
Nice evening, nice party afterwards with live music, you could even take the half empty bottles and bring them to the party room and drink them. Based on this, the early bird ticket of 69€ was well worth the payment. :-)
Only quick notes of the ones I remembered.
Flight 1 (12 Notes)
Closing
Was a nice evening, met some nice people, drank from the very big bottles (5l and larger) and tasted really great mostly italian wines.
2024 Maison Saint Aix Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence AIX Rosé 90 Points
France, Provence, Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence
I am REALLY not into rose, but this wine was the best rose I've had this evening. Whatever they have done in 2024, they must have done something right. I have ordered a single bottle to a) verify my initial scoring and b) to see if I can enjoy rose even outside trade fairs. Nice.
BTW: Havn't had any previous vitages of this wine to compare. But 15€ at gute-weine.de seems to be a reasonable offer to order one bottl for home use.
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2019 Monteverro Toscana IGT 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Probably my red wine of the night. Based on nose and body, as the bottle was already open for quite a while. Fine, elegance. Probably the best, because this was an older vintage, which usually is not pured on the ProWein events. However, for 130€ it was not the best qpr.
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2021 Orma Toscana IGT 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Tasted side by side with the Oreno, this was the clear winner based on a very extrovertive, fine nose. Quite ok qpr with 70€.
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2021 Tenuta Sette Ponti Oreno Toscana IGT 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Compared to the Orma, this was a bit laid back. Maybe the bottle has just been opened, I don't know. But as these two wines a in the same price range, I would happily choose the Orma all the time.
Which is a pity, as I have had fantastic tastings with the Oreno. But it probably needs time.
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2019 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
The 2018 and 2019 were poured, 2018 from a magnum. The 2019 was a bit laid back, the 2018 was shining bright like a star. As of this, I would always choose the 2018, although I am a fan of the 2019 vintage (for reds in Europe).
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2018 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
The 2018 and 2019 were poured, 2018 from a magnum. The 2019 was a bit laid back, the 2018 was shining bright like a star. As of this, I would always choose the 2018, although I am a fan of the 2019 vintage (for reds in Europe).
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2021 Orin Swift Papillon 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasted the 2021 Papillon and the Machete side by side. The Machete was the clear winner. Easy, as in Germany it is currently sold for half the price.
We were able to get hold of half of the Machete bottle and enjoyed it in the party room with some nice company.
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2021 Orin Swift Machete 93 Points
USA, California
Tasted the 2021 Papillon and the Machete side by side. The Machete was the clear winner. Easy, as in Germany it is currently sold for half the price.
We were able to get hold of half of the Machete bottle and enjoyed it in the party room with some nice company.
I love the label design!
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2024 Cantina Terlan Sauvignon Terlano Winkl 92 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Terlano
For me clearly the white wine of the night. I usually drink fresh SB, even the heavily overpriced Cloudy Bay (which is nuts, considering this is a wine only processed in steel tanks).
This one has seen a liitle oak and it was fantastic. Give me this wine on a party and I could stay there all night.
It seems 2024 is a tough vintage in Europe but Cantina Terlan has done quite some things right. I love it. I ordered some bottles. Lets see if I am as convinced as I was on the Falstaff big bottle party (being a little tipsy already. 🤷♂️😎).
Having said that, I am still a huge German riesling fan.
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2024 Cantina Terlan Terlano Terlaner Cuvée 91 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Terlano
High class enjoyable cuvee from Süd-Tirol. Liked it. Ordered some to retaste at home.
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NV Villa Sandi Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Extra Dry 88 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG
Liked it. But I prefer the Il Fresco with a bit more fruit and resudial sugar.
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2020 Castello di Radda Chianti Classico Riserva 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
QPR winner of the night. Expressive nose, integrated body, reminding me of superb holidays in that region. Asked several times for some more sips. Life can be good.
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