5/23/2024 - fhayek Does not like this wine:

Pretty weak one, unfortunately.
Tasted it after a quite nice Seguin Fixin La Place 2020, and compared to it is not only light but also it is a rather simple one with really not much to excite.

The scent is nice, if simple: raspberry and oak. In the mouth, this is very unstructured and simple: a slight bit of fruit, a bit of pinot noir-acidity - that's it. 3 hours after opening it gets more trivial still and is like a house wine in a cantina.

Only its density elevates it from most German baseline pinot noirs.

24 EUR is far too much for this wine.

5/23/2024 - knothoef wrote:

Aromatic : Flowers and hint of petrol in the nose
Hint of petrol, bit of peach and flowers in the taste

5/23/2024 - tjtrot Likes this wine:

Nice, but too refined (secondary fermentation ?), too manufactured ? My preference is for a little more acidity, a little less oak. this seems to be made to appeal to the conventional US chardonnay drinker. Surely drinkable nonetheless.

5/23/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine:

Has already had a couple of more years in my cellar than my previous consumed vintage and has clearly benefitted from the (unintentional) extra bottle age. Dark red fruits and berries with maquis herb influences and merest hint of truffle. Tufa minerality. Outstanding vale.
For drinking over the next couple of years. Now till 2026

5/23/2024 - WineGuyFL Likes this wine:

The cellartracker.com drink window says this one is not ready to consume. I gambled and tried a bottle. I disagree. It is very good.....maybe the best bottle of Alexana Chardonnay that I have ever had. I might even be selling the numerical rating a little short.

5/23/2024 - Darbus123 Likes this wine:

Drunk over 2 days, better on day 2. Pretty classic Chassagne but lacking the depth i would expect from 2017 which was a great vintage in my experience. Enjoyable but could be better - I think a few more years will help.

5/23/2024 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine:

Prior bottle clearly had some sort of cork issue that robbed it of just enough vitality to be noticeably different. This bottle fully recaptured my prior impressions. White and yellow pineapple on the nose, along with peach and floral qualities. Medium bodied with white apple and white peach upfront, with white pineapple and citrus bleeding in. Mid body adds a touch of yellow pineapple as well as passion fruit and then citrus and acidity. The fruit notes show the most complexity chilled, not cold and while the acidity isn't as steely as it previously was, it still contributes vibrancy and contrast. This is virtually exactly what I was expecting and I think strongly, if not definitively proves to me that my bottle earlier this week was flawed just enough to rob it of its distinctiveness. Based on the notes from today, I will probably open another bottle at some point this year as the wine is in a great spot currently.

5/22/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine:

Crisp apple with ripe williams pear nuances. Fullish but with good green zesty acidity and pebbly minerality. At its peak.
For drinking over the next year or so while grip maintained. Now till 2025.

5/23/2024 - Newtowine19 wrote:

A dry white wine, but not overly dry. Nice taste

5/19/2024 - evjoh Likes this wine:

I was lucky enough to drink this side by side with a '13 Kirchspiel. The Abts is comparatively much leaner and more mineral, but neither let the cold vintage skew the signature Keller fruit salad aroma. I wish I had decanted this for 8 hours instead of 2, as it felt closed and tight even to the last sip.

These wines have become so expensive because they are truly unique in the landscape of dry German wines. Nobody else I've tried can create such a pure, complex, and explosive aroma of fruits galore backed by a wall of minerality other than Keller.

5/23/2024 - HockeyBoy24 wrote:

A very very good blended wine , would definitely buy again

5/23/2024 - PC73 Likes this wine:

Cracking into another case of this one. I feel so lucky to have been able to pick up a bunch of these wines.
This is very open and giving. On the nose I get white fruits, White peach. Some White pepper and spice. On the palate I get a slightly citrus profile but it’s developed a touch more yellow fruits and roundness than a year or so ago. Still a great acidity framing this wine. Element of flintiness and salinity. Touch of smoke. A lovely mouth feel. Lovely balance. Lots of energy.
These wines are just fantastic. I’ve been able to have a fair few 2017 cuvées, all are superb and in a great drinking zone currently.

5/23/2024 - Gone with the wine Likes this wine:

Strawberry, roses and tar. Quite straightforward but good fresh acidity and very approachable at this young age

5/23/2024 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Superbly perfumed syrah. Good colour, fresh taste with lift and energy, energetic finish. Very much alive, this shows very well tonight. Intense but not overweight, tannic but in a very polished way. Excellent job, great QPR.

5/22/2024 - ellars wrote:

85: "White Zin" has a bad reputation, and deservedly so, but this bottle makes a good attempt to redeem the brand. The cloying sweetness mostly holds off until the finish, allowing for a hint of Zinfandel body before the sugar bomb hits. It paired well enough with a primavera-esque pasta, but more than that it filled the role of a casual mid-week bottle of wine. Pale pinkish color, smells like fruit punch, tastes better when well-chilled. (Not as good as I recall our last bottle, possibly due to age.)

5/23/2024 - PC73 wrote:

Im loving 2017 white currently as they’ve mainly shed their acidity a little.
This shows classic lime flavour profile that’s classic Puligny. Nice roundness of mouth feel. Surprising sweetness of fruit on the finish.
As with other F Carillon wines I’ve tried, this is an easy drinker, but seems a bit short on the finish and lacks energy and excitement compared to other producers.

5/12/2024 - Damorest Likes this wine:

Einmalig preiswerter Corvina

5/23/2024 - roelof.ligtmans@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Nice basic Chianti, worked very well with Tuscany-inspired cuisine. Third bottle out of three, this has evolved very positively over the course of one year. Initially a bit tight and almost greenish, this has opened up, mellowed down and now shows a good level of maturity. This is not a great wine, but in the league of "pizza chianti", this is surely one of the best.

5/23/2024 - blacktruffle Likes this wine:

Nice density of fruit, cherries, strawberries and a very enticing 2021 spice that reminds me of fresh black amber plums. Light oak and just right tannins, this is very approachable and enjoyable. I followed this wine over 4 days. The wine put on weight and gained in density with time and tasted even better. Bought more. 591 bottles produced. Wax capsules starting in 2021.

5/23/2024 - cvst Likes this wine:

Clean and precise, good structure and well balanced. Very subtle and delicate with notes of green apple, wet stones, alpine herbs and white tea. Sappy and very delicious but with potential to open up more

5/23/2024 - Damorest Likes this wine:

Sehr guter Slovene

5/23/2024 - Luke275 wrote:

It’s far more golden than I’d expect. If I didnt know any better I’d say this was oxidised; bruised apple, a bit of butterscotch, perhaps barley sugar. But I don’t think it is oxidised. I can’t describe it, the acidity pokes out way too much as well. I love Huet but this isn’t quite right.

5/26/2024 - sjweddle@hotmail.com Likes this wine:

2024 Memorial Day BBQ at Toni's.

5/22/2024 - jcarrubba Likes this wine:

Great taste. Cork drying

5/23/2024 - MaJeKu Likes this wine:

Die Nase ist spannend: hell und frisch kräutrig mit etwas Brennnessel und Waldmeister, dazu grüner Apfel mit etwas Schale und dann recht bunt fruchtig und etwas dropsig, mich irgendwie an orange Nimm2 erinnernd. Ich finde das aber durchaus interessant, weil überhaupt nicht plump.

Am Gaumen vibrierend und mit sehr gutem Spiel, hier etwas pfeffrig-pikant und dankenswerterweise nicht dropsig. Mit Zug, im besten Sinne lecker und genau das richtige am Grill.

Ich mag meine Kabis etwas bissiger und etwas säurebetonter, Spaß macht das aber allemal.

5/23/2024 - HHMiller1 wrote:

Very tannic, can feel the alcohol out the bottle. Got her in a decanter and will taste over several hours. Right now: black olive, black cherries, stewed blackberries, cinnamon, cloves. Some new tires, graphite. Very structured wine, will probably soften with time but I couldn’t wait to open it.

5/23/2024 - evjoh Likes this wine:

Much more dark fruited and stemmy than the Haart Pinot beside it. It's drinking well considering how young it is. This is a competitive QPR at $50 for Pinot, but it's not worth much more than that.

5/23/2024 - diggydan wrote:

Very mature but with still some sweet fruit.

12E at Heunisch und Erben for a glass.

5/23/2024 - Burgnick wrote:

Modern and extracted with big purple fruit. Syrupy palate. New-world like.

5/18/2024 - CADomer Likes this wine:

It has been too long since I opened a bottle made by Killian and Philipp, the talented Giegerich brothers. So, I was excited to enjoy this young beauty. This was a serious wine that is clearly built to age. Rich yet energetic with some weight and gravitas to go with savory minerality and citrus zest.
The texture is almost creamy from the extended time on lees in 228 liter barriques and can feel the warmth of the sandstone soils from which the vines are grown.
This is a wine that pushes Silvaner into a category of new and dare I say modern expectations for what can be done with this grape in the right hands. It reflects both its terroir and the vision of its talented producers. I am very much looking forward to tasting this wine again in 3-5 years.

5/23/2024 - Burgnick wrote:

Quite earthy and rustic with muted fruit.

5/23/2024 - Kevin_96 Likes this wine:

I had perfect cork, definitely great bottle condition. On the nose, black berry, plum, cedar and pepper with elegant oak touch. Very classy, with great acidity and long lasting. I definitely think it is good to drink now or can wait few more years to develop more tertiary notes.

5/23/2024 - Birdmountain wine Likes this wine:

Outstandig nose from Cork and bottle straight after opening! Flowerish and deep citruspeel. In mouth almost violent and pinpricking feel. Not nealy mature! (Hold for at least 5 more years). This Wine is bound to last, for decades. After 5 hours it begins to mellow down, an reveal its true nature. It is and will stay a strong powerfull exponent of Riesling. Only defeat is the lack of elegance. Still it topshelf dry german Rheinhessen.

5/21/2024 - mjgkng Likes this wine:

Fresh young, vibrant fruit. Quite refreshing.

5/23/2024 - SimonG wrote:

Pale green-hued straw. Enticing nose, saline but with an underlying richness that’s more about density than gras. Similar on the attack, proper Chablis with proper GC weight. Dense, chewy, mineral, saline, grippy and tangy acidity. Really proper GC Chablis. I was a little concerned it might be too ripe given the vintage, but not the case. With air, a hint of vanilla emerges from the sea spray, but it really only adds some additional complexity around the taut frame. Gosh, this is lovely. Opened a decade or so earlier than I’d normally contemplate, the result of having accidentally pulled a bottle rather than a full case back from offsite storage. Now, where are the other bottles… ****1/2

5/23/2024 - hal.egg@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Concentrated flavor. Some structure and well integrated acidity. Deep deep dark berries, notes of mushroom and tobacco. Excellent Pinot.

5/23/2024 - Burgnick Likes this wine:

A delicate and feminine CSD with strawberries, orange peel, vanilla red fruit and Asian spice. Palate was linear and sweet with good ethereal mouthfeel. A crowd-pleaser.

5/21/2024 - La Grappe Likes this wine:

Quite full blackberry and dark plum fruit, with more mature woodland notes. Still quite vigorous. Very good now.

5/23/2024 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine:

Deep pink color, with nose of crushed raspberries. Mellow acidity, beautiful palate with elegant patchouli, mulberries, and raspberries notes. It has a medium-long, elegant ending with strawberry notes. A very good wine - very elegant and well-structured. Not overly complex, but quite delicious.

5/19/2024 - La Grappe wrote:

Having previously bought this en primeur (now drunk), I recently acquired 6 more bottles at a not unreasonable price. It is drinking well now, but there is still some youthful vigour, and there is noticeable acidity which is helping to keep it fresh. Medium weight and length. It will be interesting to see how this develops over the next 2 to 3 years.

5/23/2024 - TMOVino2 Likes this wine:

Fantastic SB. Pale yellow coloring. Fantastic aromas of stonefruits, pineapple, lime, and wet stone. Crushable stuff worth gobbling up this summer but will last at least a handful of years.

5/23/2024 - brady.lambert wrote:

$12.56. Cork. Clear white gold color. Beautiful floral citrus nose when Coravin'd, no sulfite or alcohol odor. Balanced with more acid than tannin. Fruit and flower palate and very long and pleasant aftertaste. Very different from both Sauv Blanc and Viognier. Keeping this in stock along with Viognier and Cab.

5/23/2024 - daghaug Likes this wine:

Smør og melk dominerer, med litt vanilje i bakgrunnen.Deilig fylde og besten viskøs munnfølelse, samtidig som det er en fin syre der, særlig først i smakskurven. Varer lenge, fedmen får overhånd etterhvert k munnen. Men det er fremdeles balansert og blir nok enda bedre med litt tid.. Blir stående til i morgen

5/18/2024 - La Grappe Likes this wine:

Concentrated blackcurrant/cherry/blackberry fruit, now tasting mature with some more vegetal elements. A profound wine which is excellent now. Very fine indeed.

5/17/2024 - La Grappe wrote:

Ripe, fresh, with noticeable sweetness, but otherwise good balance and length. Good.

5/15/2024 - La Grappe wrote:

Light to medium weight, fresh, elegant cherry fruit, nicely rounded. A pleasant wine for drinking now and over the next few years.

5/13/2024 - La Grappe wrote:

Attractive malbec fruit, blackberry, dark plum and cherry; smooth and slightly creamy. A good basic example.

5/23/2024 - Jenny S Likes this wine:

Smooth

5/23/2024 - Maigret's Ghost wrote:

Light, well-balanced, nice berry/floral
nose, slightly petilant on opening.

5/11/2024 - La Grappe wrote:

Light gold colour; quite sweet, with a good balance of fruit and acidity, and long on the finish. Seems mature now, but should keep well.