5/15/2024 - Double-A wrote:

It has no nose. Likely a subtle TCA taint causing the suppression.

5/21/2024 - empty_sad_bottle Likes this wine:

Aerated for 1 1/2 hours, served in a Spiegelau Definition Burgundy Glass. Pale gold colour.

Nose: Tart red apple, pear and peaches at first. Notes of orange blossom, dried herbs, lemon grass and yeast arise. Crushed stones and wet stones come through as well, Lemon zest and lime juice on the way out.

Palate: Yellow apple, peach and hints of pear on the palate, notes of herbs soon after. Very fresh acidity, bright salinity and slight viscosity. Orange blossom, lemon zest, lime juice and wet stone on the finish.

Bought for 23€ at the winery, for that price this wine might be one of the best of the Südsteiermark. Great depth of flavour and structure, really goes to show what an underappreciated varietal like Welschriesling is capable of.

5/15/2024 - Double-A wrote:

Dark berry/currant fruit nose with some floral and sappy wood notes for complexity. Medium-full bodied palate with good balance and structure.
3.5/5

5/21/2024 - alanmspieg wrote:

5/21/2024 - beatles wrote:

Closed. Chalky nose, very elegant presence; good refined acidity. Red berries, subbtle presence, but the concentration is intense. Dry, manly, strict - too young, something else.
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5/21/2024 - Tgood wrote:

Cloudy medium dull ruby - a little musty ? TCA ? but eventually blew down a little to see advanced stewed cinnamon spiced strawberries. Should this represent accurately where this wine is it appears advanced and should be in the short line to drink. Damaging heat exposure may have contributed to this advanced specimen as it was purchased in 375 format upstairs in a wineshop in Madrid with a stuck seal and a stripe down the back - cork was flat however - and an adjacent ‘16 Dofi in 375 format while fresher and without a hint of TCA still seemed advanced. Maybe house style? Mogador and Manyetes from vintages around turn of century and some later drink with more freshness and vivacity.

5/21/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Has a touch of the under-ripe black fruit character to the nose. That follows through on the palate as well.

5/21/2024 - Ivan T.W. Likes this wine:

Bright, zippy, and juicy, with lots of clear red fruit - sour cherry, strawberry, and raspberry. There wasn't a lot of complexity beyond the fruit so it's a little on the simple side. Tasty, but kind of pricey for what it is.

5/21/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine:

In Magnum

Nose of strawberry and spices.

Very classic palate, there is a touch of wood, but above all beautiful floral aromas. It’s tasty, with lots of character in the second half of the palate where the spicy strawberry comes back like a boomerang. Beautiful acidity which draws out a dense juice. Finish with silky tannins, almost ferruginous with good length on black tea.

Excellent.

5/21/2024 - BurgundySimon Likes this wine:

Nose: Ripe red apple pastry, brioche and citrus.

Palate: Ripe red apples, brioche, almond pastries, stone fruits and minerals. Fresh crisp acidity, very well integrated mousse and long finish.

From a single plot called Le Mont des Tours. Deg 12-21, Dosage 2gr/L. When you first put it up to your nose, it's like walking into a pastry shop followed up by citrus. Quite Vinous nose. Great mousse there are a lot of bubbles, but they are soft and well integrated. Nice freshness to maintain balance and long finish. Great value at 90 euro, I would almost call it a steal.

5/21/2024 - BurgundySimon Likes this wine:

Nose: Ripe red apple pastry, brioche and citrus.

Palate: Ripe red apples, brioche, almond pastries, stone fruits and minerals. Fresh crisp acidity, very well integrated mousse and long finish.

From a single plot called Le Mont des Tours. Deg 12-21, Dosage 2gr/L. When you first put it up to your nose, it's like walking into a pastry shop followed up by citrus. Quite Vinous nose. Great mousse there are a lot of bubbles, but they are soft and well integrated. Nice freshness to maintain balance and long finish. Great value at 90 euro, I would almost call it a steal.

5/21/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Has a nice nose - spice, but also dark berry fruit character to it. Palate is a bit more stiff and not totally filled in. But hey, at $12.99 a bottle it works it out to me.

5/21/2024 - Marcus Tiro wrote:

2 1/2 hour decant (I tried less time, didn' t work). Medium Garnet with aromatic wall of blackberries and hint of oak and sweet tobacco. Med+ acid, slightly crunchy tannins, med+ body, black currant with well-integrated oak, hint of alcohol (sweetness, not hot) and blood orange. Long finish with an edge of bitter.

5/21/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Has a calm and quite nose to it. Palate is serene and lively.

5/21/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Second bottle of this wine. With a very good balance between citrus, minerals, acidity and modest oak. Excellent like (almost) always. Despite its age of five years still at its top. 91-92.

5/21/2024 - Miceri Likes this wine:

Medium towards dark red; dark berries, licorice, hint of spices; nice acidity, spices, medium to full body, fine tannins; nice quality price ratio; fine

5/21/2024 - bookert wrote:

Excellent and open nose, classic rioja characteristics. Body is almost fully open. Impressive bottle.

5/21/2024 - Ruach Likes this wine:

Light red fruit aromas on the nose, lots of body on the finish and dry.

5/21/2024 - beatles wrote:

Strict and tight. Intense, as usual, if not as intense at the core as other years; the vintage speaks. House style also, dry, vertical, stiff upper lip here, if you can think of a contradiction to Cambie.
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5/21/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Settling in and getting more textural element. Lively funa nd easy does it.

5/21/2024 - bookert wrote:

Nose was very open and fragrant despite its young age. Great balance and my guess is it will last.

5/21/2024 - IV+ Likes this wine:

Lots of fine oak, cassis and a little smoke on the nose. On the palate the blackcurrant and oak are really intense with a little fruit sweetness, good acidity and firm, chalky tannins. Long

5/21/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Tasty, crisp, a bit simple in the mid palate.

5/21/2024 - mats13 wrote:

Orchard fruit, creamy apple.

5/7/2024 - Beezc Likes this wine:

Previous note applies

5/21/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine:

In Magnum.

Iodized and lemony nose.

Mouth with a glycerin texture. Aromas of green apple followed by a strong minerality but which struggles to express itself fully. On restraint, still very straight but with a nice balance. Good iodized finish.

Very good but to wait

5/21/2024 - Beezc Likes this wine:

Great QPR. Drink up if you have them.

5/21/2024 - bram_epicurien Likes this wine:

A weekday in Diessenhofen, pairing with ravioli from globus. Medium ruby color. Red cherries, roses, touch of smoke, white pepper, mushrooms on the nose. Med+ acidity, med body, med alcohol, med flavor intensity, dry tannins and med finish. Smoky, balanced acidity, nice crunchy cherries, lingering salinity, quite likeable wine and what I am looking for in a Nebbiolo from the region.

5/21/2024 - ILarsen wrote:

My first Langhe from Massolino - and a great experience - well balanced with lots of fruit- it’s cranberries, cherries and a hint of strawberries medium + tannins and acidity- I think 92 is a fair rating.

5/21/2024 - beatles wrote:

Quite mature, dusty, rich, heavy on the chocolate, not atypical for the vintage - and very typical for a riserva. Still, sexy stuff.
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5/21/2024 - Tgood wrote:

Dense opaque bright youthful black crimson - meaty bloody red and black fruits cinnamon spiced oak rich velvety with tangy acids and regal mouthcoating tannins. From the area of Rioja that abuts Ampuis? Striking special juice from a maker whose “regular” cuvees always impress. Enjoyable now for certain and properly cellared for next gen too. Bravo!!

5/21/2024 - Xavier94 wrote:

(Chevaliers du Tastevin label)- a gorgeous elegant nose of bergamot tea spice, licorice, orange zest, various sous bois influences, with bits of hickory smoke that come together in a very airy, ethereal fashion. This wine is all about resolution with delicate fruit remnants are compelling and stylistic. This is beautiful!

5/19/2024 - klezman wrote:

Just excellent. Still youthful (surprisingly so) but with no harsh tannin and the clear presence of secondary notes. Lots of blue and black fruit and density, as a good PS should have. Great with ribs. Cork broke, though, so use an ah-so.

5/21/2024 - Isobel goudi Likes this wine:

Sehr gut. Wieder kaufen.

5/18/2024 - klezman wrote:

Excellent stuff. The months since the prior bottle have done this justice.

5/18/2024 - klezman wrote:

Disgorged Nov 2022. 50% Chardonnay, 30% PN, 20% Meunier. 5g/l dosage.

Mostly citrus, a touch of yeastiness, a bit of brine, and a slightly weird flavour on the finish. Otherwise a nice bubbly and I'm happy with the mystery wine purchase.

5/17/2024 - lightsweetcrude_ wrote:

My second Cahors. The first, from Ch Vincens, impressed me greatly. This one was... decent. Some dark fruit on the nose, and same on the palate with a slight vegetal layer, but well integrated. Decent acidity, but not very tannic. The whole affair is quite subdued and lacklustre.
My disappointment began when I noticed that it didn’t seem to work with what I thought would be a sure fire pairing: burgers. The second night, the bottle had improved slightly, and the fruit was a bit more forward, but I see no need to revisit this producer.
I trust Cahors #3 will take things back “upward”.

5/21/2024 - Beezc Likes this wine:

Always enjoyed this wine. Light bodied and fun.

5/21/2024 - Andy2014 Likes this wine:

Medium+ aromas of lemon, peach, blossom, mango, vanilla, cedar, hazelnut. High refreshing acidity. Medium+ finish. Perhaps a touch reductive. Still a few more years to improve as more tertiary elements emerge.

5/21/2024 - 1W2T Likes this wine:

Haft denna flaskan öppen (korken på i kylskåpet) i 7-8 dagar och den blev bara bättre och bättre efter en trevande inledning där den luktade mindre trevligt! Bra köp!!

5/21/2024 - beatles wrote:

Initially some herbal notes, whiffs of quickly and what remains is a quite wonderful wine, Fresh deep red fruit, plenty of garrigue, good lift.
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5/21/2024 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Second time enjoying this beauty and concur with notes from first tasting on 10/15/2023. Again giving it a strong rating.

5/21/2024 - piturbe wrote:

Vino muy simple, casi agua. Para navegado ideal!!

5/21/2024 - diggydan wrote:

interesting gold color and unique smell, almost secondary. Palate has no fruit, totally savory and tastes older than it is.

6.8E at Heunisch und Erben for a glass.

5/21/2024 - beatles wrote:

Surprisingly open; the vintage - and maybe the new style - speaks. Deep, local fruit, plenty of spice, plenty of Mourvèdre, sweet Grenache at the end. Still, this will grow.
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5/21/2024 - DrSpalding wrote:

I was surprised that this was still so fresh tasting. I enjoyed it a lot and sad to say it is the last one I have.

5/21/2024 - Kustjagr Likes this wine:

I am not a fan of sangiovese generally. Really a pedestrian pizza wine to me, save for Brunello. This one's nice though. The red cherry and tomato are present. So this is identifiable as a sangiovese. But there's more other fruitiness than normally here. Almost a bit merloty. Not much in terms of tannins or acidicity. Decent and serviceable. And that's a real compliment from me for any sangiovese. EDIT: found out that this has more merlot than sangiovese. So the reason I liked this a lot for a sangiovese is that it has more merlot, my favorite grape, than sangiovese. So what we likely have we is would be a decent merlot messed up by some sangiovese blended in :)

5/21/2024 - DaleW wrote:

Black cherry, mocha, a little smoked meat. Drinking very well. B+/A-

5/21/2024 - Lord Rodney wrote:

Excellent this time

5/21/2024 - Kustjagr Likes this wine:

I am not a fan of sangiovese generally. Really a pedestrian pizza wine to me, save for Brunello. This one's nice though. The red cherry and tomato are present. So this is identifiable as a sangiovese. But there's more other fruitiness than normally here. Almost like a bit merloty. Not much in terms of tannins or acidicity. Decent and serviceable. And that's a real compliment from me for any sangiovese. EDIT: found out that this has more merlot than sangiovese. So the reason I liked this a lot for a sangiovese is that it more merlot, my favorite grape, than sangiovese :)