4/18/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Getting slowly in it"s window, still a bit closed after two hours decanting. May emerge better probably next year. Fresh, nice, firm and neither too harsh nor too strict. Tannins seemed still a bit closed, so more volume to expect in the following years.

4/15/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Right in the window, pleasant and smooth, medium finish...

4/13/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Great, unfiltered stuff. Much better on the second dy, so still developing!

4/12/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Low alcohol and wide spectrum of taste. Finally opened up!

This is the way!

4/7/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Really gear now. Perfect window!

3/18/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

This is excellent. So smooth and silky ! Better on the second day, so there is definitely way to go !

3/6/2024 - to_sty wrote:

Already gone far below expectations.
Not a good vintage this 2016 it was for their Merlot!

2/28/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Very interesting - quite the difference in taste, slightly bitter - we like it !

1/27/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Wish we had a lot more (this is the second of the smaller wines). Still likes to age, needs air (even slightly "sparkling" after two hours in the big decanter). Really pleasant... and low alcohol with wide spectrum of taste.
Honestly - highly recommended, if you're into fine "Gamay" stuff.

1/27/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Aaargs. Only two bottles (bought at 50% reduction). First one tested over three days. Will improve. Wooow. So nice on third day. Massive honey in the nose, round, smooth and dry in the mouth. Not very sweet. The nose distracts. And never fat. Neither hot ("only" 13,5%).
Wish we had bought more... a lot more :)

1/24/2024 - to_sty wrote:

For ~6 EUR (half price) drinkable (better the next day). As a previous reviewer mentioned extremely sour and harsh right after opening. Needs air. Not really something to recommend!

1/20/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Finally another excellent bottle (two in between were already over the edge).
Highly recommended if you like interesting and pleasant old white wines:
"Almond extreme" we would define this :)

1/15/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

This one was a great(er) bottle of the batch !

1/12/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Still very closed - even after one hour decanting. Seems to have potential to age. In the mouth very dark fruit, tannins "not on the loose", dry medium to long finish. Will try again in 6 to 12 months.

1/4/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Great stuff. Well balanced (at first cherry like, but opens up as expected). Needs some air, drink not too cold. Like the "low" alcohol of 13,5...

Definitely not everybody's darling (from the start)!

1/3/2024 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Only slight decanting, very balanced already!

12/30/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Excellent bottle, no worries this will hold at least five more years, our bottle was pretty closed up at the beginning. Another one to go...

12/30/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Very pleasant and harmonic already. To improve your consumption prepare for at least one hour decant.

12/25/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Great stuff. Still ahead of it's peak but in a good pace with some air ahead... you won't be disappointed!

12/25/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

A perfect winter rose for "the season". Still holds and develops open for days "vacuvined" (slightly impressed).
So no hurry. Be aware - 14%.!

12/20/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

No decant but still a little less intriguing than the last time. Might be going over the top ...

12/17/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Full fruity nose of plums, cherries and black currant. Dense mouth, smooth and full. Creamy and silky. Good long finish.

11/29/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Final bottle ... was great - open for three days and no lack of performance !
Probably reaching prime time now...

11/4/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Very nice, improved massively while two days open and Vac-u-vined. Probably best in 2 years or decant/consume now!

10/12/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Still a bit too young - opened up on the second evening.
Very likeable (low alcohol !).

10/9/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

NIcely developed now !
Big, full body and good finish !

10/1/2023 - to_sty Does not like this wine:

Ok. Let's Analyse this more closely:
A lot of Falstaff points. How many?
95. Honestly!? WTF. Craps out (again) .
On a pretty low level... Probably a "Falstaff winemaker of the year" and had to fill anything to get it's investment from various 'obligatory' events back in again.

Not fond of. Not on any level. This is no serious stuff. Utterly bad 3rd level filling might be the definition.
Overpriced would be an... and... no won't make any relation to what kind of BF it relates to...

There's so much better stuff at this price level (and below).

Please dispurse... nothing to see here!

9/24/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Already in it"s prime window.
Consume !!!

9/24/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

So fine. Drinking very, very well now...

9/22/2023 - to_sty wrote:

Now in it's drinking window, tannins nicely integrated :)

9/17/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Two bottles. First today was already spoiled, completely disassembled with a very awkward bitter finish. Will be used for cooking.
Second one opened today was fine but definitely "close to rhe edge". No decanting. Consume right now.
Nice low alcohol btw....

Drink now!

9/6/2023 - to_sty wrote:

Harsh and sour. Really. Pannobile!!
2017 could be many things but definitely should not be that. Consumed over two dinners/evenings. Decanted 'a lot'.

Acceptable with some tough meat or fatter sauces but no pleasant "joiner".

9/5/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

A stable rock in the "holy range" of southern France "Cuvée Rose".

Depending on vintage this wants to be consumed early or late, icy or just cold, decanted or straight out of the bottle.

Not to confuse anyone. All is true and everything stated might be wrong.

This NEVER needed to be drunk early and any vintage profited from slight aging. This is and was never a pop and pour.

Some vintages tend to be richer, the 22 we'd call into the above average but definitely not a "fat" one. This still needs air and does not profit from being served ice cold (and consumed in this state).
Please get a wider glass and give it a few minutes at least.

Bigger bottle sizes will hold nicely (if you can hold onto them that long...).

My stock of '22 is nearing it' s end, need to restock... even with some bigger sizes.

6/3/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Very dry and awkward nice as usual :)

5/21/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

First bottle finally opened ... opened bottle decanted for three hours.

First day: I'd say that i had expected a bit more. Well structured but not the WOW effect i really was expecting (was i ?).
Second day: Much more balanced and tannins integrated with sweetness in the right spot.

This will improve - next try in 2024 ...

5/16/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

In it's drinking window, just a slight one to two hour decanting and go.!

5/16/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

T minus one bottle. Wish we had more of this vintage...

5/3/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

This bottle was in fact ok and pleasant (last one had gone bad).
Cork like new, pretty sure these bottles were filled just a few years ago from an older barrel.

5/2/2023 - to_sty wrote:

Drink now, cork is disintegrating!

4/26/2023 - to_sty wrote:

This is a rare case of "if i had not known i would not have guessed what we were drinking" (but that was just lack of knowledge / what to expect).

Decanted for two hours in a caraffe. In the nose extremely fruity, dominant strawberry jam.
Very, very smooth tannins, fruity (you guessed it - strawberry dominant again), juicy round body and medium finish. Everybodys darling in some way.

Expected some more harsh and darker BF style but that is not the case in this region of Lower Austria.

4/24/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Opened four days ago. Vac-u-vined in between. Already worried if the small amount from two days ago would hold. In fact they "held" tremendously. Rich, full, this may go another five years at least (if you stock this vintage there's no hurry). Our final bottle of '17 (computer says otherwise but i' m not sure if this is really the case, 19' will be next).

4/13/2023 - to_sty wrote:

Final bottle. I"d say either an unbalanced vintage or just 'hot'. Did not develop as previous ones...

4/13/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Final bottle. Still strong. No need to hurry!

4/5/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Just WOW, Still going strong...

2/24/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Outstanding value / vintage !

2/16/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Oh so very nice!

2/14/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Oh yes, this has developed nicely (and honestly i'm pretty happy about that). Now more in balance, the PV now in the back and the CS starts to break through.

2/12/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Consumed over three days from an closed top decanter!!!

Third day: Wow - still fresh, somehow surprisingly closed. This will hold for many years...

2/2/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Consumed over two evenings (not much decanting on first evening).
When i think of our previous bottle a year ago this developed quite nicely.
Remembering correctly it was rather thin, but pleasant. A violett, brick color, now there's a bit spicy harmonic nose and at least a medium body (tannins opened wide) from the start. Well balanced in the mouth and the acidity seems to have completely disintegrated :)
So - wow, really great now, and in a good "window" !

1/26/2023 - to_sty Likes this wine:

Way to go... hold!