4/11/2020 - Paui wrote:

Didn't expect much from this wine today after my first bottle over ten years ago, then just a light wine. This has developed a great deal at 17 years of age. Honey, pineapple in the nose and a lovely sweetness on the palate. Excellent quality, a "transparent" wine, letting you taste every single grape.

12/31/2018 - Paui wrote:

Bottle in god condition. Good not great. Lacking complexity

12/31/2018 - Paui wrote:

Out of eight my last bottle. Almost flawed however decided to drink. Was better the second day but ways beyond from what it should have been.

12/31/2018 - Paui wrote:

After 4 years my second bottle and again a disappointment. Harsh tannins. Will not melt I believe.

12/23/2018 - Paui wrote:

1/1 Another bottle of my absolue favourite of the Montosa vintages. Just great. I had Nonneberg and Schlossberg 2011 some 5 years ago. You could already feel the potential. Closed, massive, in particular the Schlossberg. These two are becoming stars in 5-10+ years. And then, tasting work to be done. Look forward to it ...

11/24/2018 - Paui wrote:

Improved but still quite young in the nose. Young colour, fruit, very tannic, needs air, I gave an hour. Gets smoother, however to a certain extent only. Storage will be awarded in 5+ years.

11/3/2018 - Paui wrote:

This bottle was pretty young in colour and taste. From same source. Did not open much in the next 2-3 days.

11/3/2018 - Paui wrote:

A real surprise. 92p+

9/29/2018 - Paui wrote:

Bottle in very good condition, quite youth still, colours of a mature, just 20+ years Barolo. Tertiary notes. Tannins pretty melted, smooth elegant, what you would expect from a good Barolo. I thougt better to drink that bottle sooner than later but this one would have stayed 10+ years in that great condition. That's a 94p.

6/23/2018 - Paui wrote:

high fill, bottle stored in wine fridge at about 10°C. Dark ruby colour, needs lot of air. Overnight decant, opened up only in the glass. Lot of tannins, good fruit. I have one bottle left, will wait 2-3 years. 90-91p.

6/15/2018 - Paui wrote:

I drank half of the bottle about 3 (!) weeks ago and thought the wine was harsh and it was worth keeping the other half in my wine fridge. Today I was amazed to see this drinking quite well. Same category than some of the German prestige wineries entrance wines at a double price. I f you have it hold it for 2-4 years more. 87-88p

5/27/2018 - Paui wrote:

I drank this wine 8 years ago and it still has this sparkling note which also the dry wines of Maximin Gruenhaeuser wines have. Not what I like.

Had half of the bottle today, almost three (!) weeks in my wine fridge, only with a stopper, and the sparkling was gone. Amazing, the wine needed that air and opened up nicely. Sweet, full bodied, loverly, not like a dry Spätlese, no signs of ageing. Need to revise my scoring 4p up. Storing this wine will be awarded.

5/20/2018 - Paui wrote:

Decanted half of the bottle for 3 hours, kept the other half in the open bottle. Both developed then better in the burgundy glass. More open than about a year ago. Already very pleasant to drink. Glad to have some more bottles of this wine. 93-94p

5/19/2018 - Paui wrote:

Wonderful dry Riesling, full bodied, well balanced acid/fruit play. I kept a third of the bottle, corked, in a regular fridge for a week. Surprisingly the wine was well alive and, actually it had developed further. It showed a slight botrytis note. No sign of oxidation. No hurry.

5/6/2018 - Paui wrote:

has improved since last time, developed more body, in a good drinking spot, 93-94 P

5/4/2018 - Paui Likes this wine:

Improvements since last time, which was about only 8 months ago. A great bottel. Decanted for 5 hours at about 17-18° Celsius. Dark ruby colour, no bricking, still quite tannic, fruit coming through in the nose with more air. The wine opened up further in the glass very well then, and tannins softened more and more by almost the minute...and etting tastier on the palate. This is drinking well now with a decant and air in the glass. In a couple of years this may be well all I expect from a classic and very good Batailley, ie, a though not too complex, robust, straight forward, enjoyable and affordable Pauillac. Like this. 92-93+

4/28/2018 - Paui wrote:

From 1/1. Confirmed once more, a truly great success for Breuer in 2011. Love this wine after, having tasted many times. Went actually well with goat cheese this time. Will look out for more of this. Agree, 92 is a high score, but Montosa 2011 deserves it.

4/27/2018 - Paui wrote:

Youthful colour. Lots of fruit, still tannic, very attractive, in a good spot. No secondary notes yet. Much development. Will keep this over night and see. 90+

No development over night. Worth to store for a couple of years in the cellar.

4/22/2018 - Paui wrote:

more developed than about a year ago. Not sure if it gets better. With overnight some strawberry on the palate but the bitternote in the back remains. 2012 is a strong vintantage. Will wait and see in 1-2 years. 90+

4/6/2018 - Paui wrote:

Last bottle out of three. Turned out to be the most mature bottle however the first to declare as past its prime. Again, this wine reminded me to a St. Julien, but more importantly, to a good bottle of aged burgundy. Very clear in colour and taste. Very little, almost none depot.

3/29/2018 - Paui wrote:

second bottle, in its very last days, surprisingly interisting though. a bouquet of strawberry when opened, light, plummy. 91p. confirmed.

2/28/2018 - Paui wrote:

pnp, very young in colour, taste and nose. openend up in the decanter after 30+ min with softer tannins, nice to drink. recommend to either give it a 1 hour decant or store for 2-3+ years.

2/18/2018 - Paui wrote:

drunk over three days. Very primary, lots of fruit the first day. Smooth on day two. Best on day three, tannins and structure coming through.

2/2/2018 - Paui wrote:

high fill, cork 1/6 soaked, a good bottle I suppose given some of the previous TN. Actually similar to a 2001 half bottle I drank 5 years ago which introduced me to this Chateaux. A delicious claret, rather light body with good sweetness and grip. Develops in the glass with a plummy and cozy note. I drank several other vintages of this wine in the last 3-4 years: 2002's about half of it gone, the other half almost this level, 1983 today a disapointment and ways gone, 2004's being still tannic but promising quality, 2009 very addictive in its early stage. This Chateaux in my view doesn't create a unique wine, however solid in any vintage, without reaching hights. A very good QPR though. 92p for this delightful wine.

12/30/2017 - Paui wrote:

another good bottle, I kept half of it in the bottle, wine became smoother and more attractive during next 3 days, thereafter started to oxidize, worth cellaring some more years

12/30/2017 - Paui wrote:

has well developed since last time about 2 1/2 years ago. well balanced, rich, slightly oily. pineapple, passion fruit. I had half of the bottle for about one week in the fridge, no signs of oxidation, maybe even better. Will get better, 94p for now.

12/24/2017 - Paui wrote:

half bottle, decanted for half an hour, grip and fruit, not complex, quite enjoyable with pasta and truffles

12/1/2017 - Paui wrote:

From 1/1 bottle this time. Decided not to decant. The wine opened up well in the glass. Clear colour. I more and more believe, this a surprisingly good wine, not only QPR wise. Smooth in the middle, finishes with tar, black olives and is slightly harsh on the palate, i.e. still quite tanic. Which makes me think this will develop with 3+ years of cellaring. Again, I think, at this stage, this wine has characteristics of a Nebbiolo, also. Enjoy. 92p+

kept the wine in the bottle and, much smoother on day 4 with tannins having melted off significantly. this inded has improved +1 p. Worth cellaring

11/18/2017 - Paui wrote:

Best bottle out of four so far, one left. Light body, not much fruit but a smooth mouthfeel. Pleasant, nice. Quite young colour still. This bottle improved with air in the glass. I thought this wine needed the right temperature more than others, I liked it best at just below 20°C. I think a good bottle like this will stay for a while.

11/16/2017 - Paui wrote:

still a bit too young, needs 1-2 years

10/16/2017 - Paui wrote:

still tannic. decanted over night, rather oxydized than any improvement. I am not convinced this will be better than the entrance spätburgunder or the B wine.

10/1/2017 - Paui wrote:

good levels, ruby colour, soaked cork, broke. austere, slightly oxidized. Must have been better years ago.

9/16/2017 - Paui wrote:

good bottle, fill just above neck, colour only a little bricking, banyard and bit wood in the nose. Decided to decant and thought it gets better overnight. It did not, unfortunately. GL is always good for a surprise. And I like GL, and though tis is not so bad for 25 years old in a poor vintage, a GL I would not buy again.

9/16/2017 - Paui wrote:

This Montosa vintage is one of the values for money in German riesling I know.

9/1/2017 - Paui wrote:

Good levels VTS. Good bottle from a serous source. Light red colour. Needed some air. Not unpleasant to drink. Seems ways past its prime.

8/27/2017 - Paui wrote:

bad bottle

8/11/2017 - Paui wrote:

Not as good as the first bottle. very top shoulder. initially disappointing, however, such an improvement with only a 15 min decant. Would have given a 93+ but fair enough to give 94p. Worth to look after if you like a mature elegant cabernet. Excellent QPR.

8/11/2017 - Paui wrote:

from half: this bottle was the best so far, sweat slightly and thus had some more air, mature, indicates a potential of 10 years. balanced fruit and acidity, more depth now. still only the second wine, great value.

7/14/2017 - Paui wrote:

guess maturity to drink this at real pleasure time depends on bottle and cellar. This bottle had a still quite good grip, even more than the Montestefano bottle same vintage drank a couple months ago. Lots of life ahead for this bottle though. Half of it decanted and drank right away, the other half kept in the bottle for about an hour. Decanted half opened up sooner than the the bottle half told for me this needs time and air for bottles in a good storage condition. Would recommend to rather store than drink today, if you can. its a good Nebbiolo based wine. A 93p+ this time, wish I had more for the next decade, my last bottle for this site & vintage of Prudutorri , sadly. A 93p wine.

7/14/2017 - Paui wrote:

wonderful fully mature Breuer Riesling, a dry Sauernes and very well aged Rheingau Riesling despite its only 12 years age. Light to mid golden colour, full body. Slight sweetness, velvet taste. Might lack bit minerality and depth vis-a-vis the other Berg-sites, still a success and will keep for a while. 94p.

7/2/2017 - Paui wrote:

My first Musar. Light red colour. Dominant, simple sweet plum juice nose and aroma. Nowhere close to mistaking for a Bordeaux or Burgundy wine either. This did not change on day 2 and 3.

6/20/2017 - Paui wrote:

Needs air, can easily stay in the decanter for a week, nice to drink now, should im%orve with more cellar time, 90+

6/12/2017 - Paui wrote:

My third bottle, only the first was mature, second and third way too young. Opaque colour, strong cassis nose. If you like mature Bordeaux, I recommend to wait another 10+ years, unfortunately. But you will be rewarded. Powerful wine, will easily have 20+ years to go. Decanted and drank this bottle over 4 days, left it in the decanter about room temperature of 20°C. Best on day 4 but still far from maturity. Not rated

6/9/2017 - Paui wrote:

no need to decant this anymore, enjoyable, typical 2011 vintage wine. Vibrant, thanks to the vintage rather a medium+ body, however in the very end a quite dry finish.

6/3/2017 - Paui wrote:

Top shoulder fill. Upon screwing, the cork dropped into the bottle. Lots of fine sediment. A light rose colour. A mufty smell and an old unpleasant taste in the first glass, did not vanish that day. I decided to pour the whole bottle into a decanter and left it the whole next day in a cool place. Then at night, the 'mufty & old' was gone. Actually a nice mature nebbiolo wine with a quite long and strong aftertaste. Day three showed more sweetness on the palate, possibly even better. Not sure this bottle was in the best condition. But it was amazing to see what air could do to the wine. Overall 92p.

6/4/2017 - Paui wrote:

my second bottle. Liked the regular Malterdinger entry wine 2012 little better

5/22/2017 - Paui wrote:

Drank this bottle over 3 days, very burgundyin the nose and on the palate, long. the bouquet stayed in the room over half an hour after putting the glass and bottle aside. Best Becker I have had so far

5/19/2017 - Paui wrote:

needs some air in the glass to open up. beautiful wine

5/19/2017 - Paui wrote:

glad this was my last bottle

5/5/2017 - Paui wrote:

better than 3 years ago. Not opaque but still youthful colour. 1/2 hour after decanting, already very nice to drink, a cosy Merlot mouthfeel, lots of fruit, and tannins giving a good grip. Tannins are smoother after an hour of decanting. Very tasty, good length. Agree this is more a Pomerol wine. Young but in the right stage to drink for a Merlot based wine. May get better but I wouldn't wait for years of ageing, in my opinion. I think this is best to drink in the next 5 years.