Glass: Zalto Universal
Popped and poured. Tasted blind.
Clear, pale golden color. Clean, medium intense, developing nose with some yellow stone fruit, lots of mineral notes. Deep and nice.
Dry, lean, laser sharp and focused. Driven by a racy acidity and stony mineral notes. Lots of tension and pressure on the palate. Vibrant and exciting. Still very young and it could need 2-3 more years. 93-94+

Glass: Zalto Universal
Popped and poured. Tasted blind.
Clear, pale golden color. Tight, clean nose with lots of ripe fruit. On the palate high, racy acidity. Some gooseberry, chalky mineral notes, smoky. Long, lingering and juicy finish. Start reaching its peak. 92-93

Glass: Riedel Vinum Syrah
Popped and poured. Tasted blind. Only 845 bottles produced.
Clear, medium golden color. Clean, medium+ intense, developing nose. Very complex, ethereal, herbaceous, acacia, some sweetness, floral notes. Very dense and amazing.
Bone dry, medium acidity. Some ripe, mellow apple, smoky, some toasting notes. Lots of pressure, creamy, beautiful structure, fine and elegant, wonderful balance. Drinks well now, but has certainly a very good potential. Long, elegant finish. Thank you, Chris! 93+

Glass: Riedel Vinum Syrah
Popped and poured. Decanted for about 4+ h. Unfortunately, drunk too cold at the beginning. Needs around 12 degrees Celsius to fully shine.
Clear, lemon golden color. Clean, medium intense, youthful nose. Fine yellow fruit, cotton candy, mellow apple, some toasting in the background. Fine and elegent.
Dry, medium+ acidity. With temperature it developed some nice pressure. Well balanced, beautiful texture. Never broad or chubby. Wonderful mineral core, apple, ripe citrus, medium+ finish. 90-91+

Glass: Riedel Vinum Syrah
Decanted for about 4+ h. Clear, pale ruby color. Clean, medium+ intense, youthful nose. Very airy, fresh, fragile and complex with lots of red fruit. Wonderful.
Dry, medium+ lively acidity. 13,1% abv. Lots of clear and clean cherry and other red fruit. Nice mineral core. Airy. Very elegant and balanced. Silky texture. Already very joyful to drink, but with a long life ahead. 92-93+

Glass: Riedel Vinum Syrah
Popped ands poured. Clear, medium garnet color. Clean, medium intense, developing nose. Herbaceous, fine oak, red fruit, spices, very deep.
Fine, medium+ acidity. Quite cool, lacks a bit of pressure on the mid palate, but very elegant and joyful. Long finish. Still very young. Give it a few more years. 90-91+

Glass: Riedel Vinum Syrah
Popped ands poured. Clear, deep garnet color with tawny reflexes. Medium+ intense, fully developed nose with a lot of brett. Nose is dominated by Cabernet, green pepper, tobacco, leather, some menthol, cigar box. Multi-layered and perhaps a tiny bit of TCA.
Bone dry, medium+ acidity, ripe, well integrated. 13% abv. Tobacco, dried red fruit, rose petals, pepper, leather. And maybe a bit of TCA? Ripe and elegant. Long, lingering finish. 92-93

Glass: Zalto Universal
Popped and poured. Tasted blind. Clear, youthful medium golden color. Clean, medium+ intense, developing nose. Unmistakable Ruwer, unmistakable Grünhaus! Herbaceous, elder flour, cassis, tangerine, mineral notes. Deep and complex, but also refreshing!
Hm, what is it? A very good and intense Spätlese or a light Auslese? It has powe, but not the depth and density of number Auslesen from very good years. Seeing that it is a number Auslese from a cold vintage makes perfect sense. Classic Grünhaus on the palate: Cassis, elder, mineral notes, herbs, some coconut. Very young and fresh. Lively, high acidity. 8% abv. Wonderful balance and harmony. Long, juicy and lingering finish. This particular bottle had at least 10+ years of life left. Great wine and experience. Thanks Marc! 93-94+

Glass: Zalto Universal
Popped and poured. Nothing more to add to my last tasting note. A botrytis monster in the best sense. Give it time and air and don’t drink it too cold. 93

Glass: Zalto Universal
Popped and poured. This wine is special and cannot compared with anything else. Deep, brown color. Oily, brownish-yellow-green legs that coats and paints the glass for seconds.
Clean, pronounced and fully developed nose. It is super complex and ever changing. Plum, cinnamon, roasted walnut, nutmeg, autolytic notes. Warm, deep, pure harmony and balance. Intoxicating!
On the palate super intense! High, ripe and perfectly integrated acidity. Again, pure balance and harmony. Mouthcoating without cloying. 17% abv, wonderfully balanced by the acidity. Ripe plum juicy, cinnamon, honey, walnut, espresso, chocolate, spices and so on and so on. Very long and complex finish. This wine is immortal and a really unique experience. Is it 100 points? I don’t know, but I cannot think of any flaws or how to make it better. 98-100