1/28/2024 - ledwards wrote:

This bottle showing some age but the back-end was chock full of mineralality.

12/31/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Cherry liquor, candied fruit, cedar. Worth a quick decant to blow off notes of bottle age.

12/27/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Stunning. Tropical fruit, stone dust, ample dry extract. Long, gorgeous finish. If blind, I would have sworn this is Keller- stylistically nearly identical.

12/24/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Personally. I would give this another 5-10 years to soften a little as it should have a very long life ahead. Still tightly coiled with great underlying material.

11/5/2023 - ledwards wrote:

This bottle was fruit forward and dominated by dark fruits. Pleasant but its classic barolo notes were muted and thus lacked a wow moment and an elegant finish.

11/5/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Just beginning to show some mature notes. Brooding and serious. Palate was dominated by graphite and some stone dust. There is a minimal amount of fruit fruit that needed a 1+ hour decant which coaxed out sweet hints of strawberry. Stunning and a singular wine.

10/28/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Drank this beside the 07 Cicala. This is more masculine with more stewed plum. The other was brighter and slightly favored by all. Both classic barolo with stone and graphite at end of mid palate.

10/27/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Pleasant but lacked personality and seems to have a bit of an oak mask.

10/27/2023 - ledwards wrote:

In a perfect spot maturity-wise.

10/20/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Beautiful, classic grand cru Barolo. Great texture. Both red and black fruit with a serious stone dust and graphite mid palate. Text book stuff. Perfect window now.

9/16/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Oh boy- the magic is starting to appear here. Such weightless intensity. Starts with sweet dark fruit and mid palate has some rose petal and strawberry poke out. Silky finish. Hard to not see this getting even better.

9/13/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Just a touch sweeter than modern versions-blind I would have thought Hubacker. Drinking very well.

8/20/2023 - ledwards wrote:

GG’s/trocken’s that maintain their light color and punch through the years become spectacular. Keller, Clos St. Hune are reference points that come to mind. Color lets you know. This Morstein is beautiful. Incredible silky mouthfeel and viscous like a white hermitage. Wittmann’ s previous style is richer and creamier- more Pfalz-like. When on, when vibrant, the limestone energy with the mouth-feel is spectacular and one of the finest white grand cru’s t from anywhere. This bottle is that. A blow you over bottle. Not all age like this. Probably 50%ish. Best consumed in first 2 hours.

8/11/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Wow. Incredible. Off dry. Intense wet stone, citrus and waves of dry extract. Light yet so concentrated. This can go toe-to-toe with the finest whites.

6/15/2023 - ledwards wrote:

In a great spot. Rounded and juicy but well balanced. Great mouth feel. Just lacks a mineral finish that would put this in the class of PC/GC burgundy.

6/15/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Should have decanted/opened for more than an hour as needed to breathe but once it did, waves of strawberry, leather and rust notes. it’s tone is more bright than deep/dark. Medium weight.

6/9/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Perfect spot. Rounded, delicious fruit. Bright with elegant depth.

5/15/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Light/clear in color, extremely youthful with tropical fruit nose. Zero petrol. Drinks beautiful now but many great years left.

4/16/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Would recommend a decant. Was beautiful but tight.

4/1/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Perfect color, fresh- no signs of age/oxidation, rounded out with grand cru richness. Spectacular.

2/4/2023 - ledwards wrote:

This is peak Riesling. Perfectly, and classically balanced sugars and acid. Hauntingly beautiful wet stone on the mid palate. Grand cru elegance. Can stand toe to toe with the best whites of world at this stage of it’s evolution. Will have to have another bottle for confirmation as almost too good to be true.

1/29/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Remarkable wine. The importance of preparation and handling can’t be understated. Sat for 1 month upright, double-decanted and left last inch in bottle to pour out. Was full of masses of sediment. Left open for 2 hours.

Little bricking, slight bit of attic dust on nose but otherwise drank like a 40 year old wine. Medium bodied. Red, slightly stewed fruit, rose, strawberry liquor.

1/29/2023 - ledwards wrote:

Opened 2 hours in advance. No signs of of tiredness. No stewed notes. Fairly austere. Charcoal, stone dust, some rose and red fruit.

10/29/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Wow. This one was just stunning. At their best, Romirasco matches Granbussia. This bottle certainly did. Ofcourse, it is ~70% the same wine minus some blending. Masculine, rich and clean without too much plum from extraction.

10/1/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Seems to be slightly on the downside of its peak. Drank best with no decant.

9/15/2022 - ledwards wrote:

In a perfect spot. Fully integrated but fresh. Outstanding.

7/11/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Truly spectacular bottle. Give it 4+ hours of air.

4/24/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Pristine bottle - without the yellow apple and mature tones other bottles recently opened have had. Discreet wax mouthfeel, high toned. A beauty

4/24/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Best bottle yet. Great spot- fully integrated and showing some depth.

4/23/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Loaded with juicy, delicious fruit but wrapped in a bit of structure. Really pleasant, very fun.

3/12/2022 - ledwards wrote:

This is what burgundy should be. Balanced, cerebral, beautiful.

2/12/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Wood, cardboard, plums. A mess.

3/12/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Very hit or miss wine at this point. Some well integrated some are disjointed. This is a decent one. Too variable for me. Looking back, puzzled by the critics.

3/12/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Aging better than I would have thought. Still plenty of rounded black fruits.

3/12/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Classic mature barolo flavor profile. A lithe structure. Ample shade tobacco with a cherry liquor motes. In a beautiful spot.

1/29/2022 - ledwards wrote:

A port, Brett, cardboard disaster

1/2/2022 - ledwards wrote:

This bottle wouldn’t replicate the magic of the last one I opened. Bummer. Tight, just wouldn’t express itself. Enjoyable and extremely well made, just wasn’t firing. Love the 11.5% ABV.

1/2/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Stunning. The nose so rich, the finish so long with mineral notes… Montrachet royalty on full display. No premox anywhere in sight in this bottle.

1/2/2022 - ledwards wrote:

Tannins still very noticeable reminding me of the evolution of a classic Dunn vintage or similar long lived mountain cabs. Based on this bottle, hard to understand the reviews about on the decline. This seems like it will go 20 more years and hopefully soften.

12/27/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Stunning right now.

12/25/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Still very youthful, oak has integrated well. Gun powder on nose, a nice balance of fruit and stone notes.

12/25/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Fully mature, but holding it’s prime, peak Condrieu. Silk mouthfeel. Mature yellow apple, almond, just a hint of petrol. Tremendous pairing with fish in this form.

12/24/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Needs 45 minutes of air… in such a beautiful place

12/5/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Expressive nose but is pretty closed down currently.

11/12/2021 - ledwards wrote:

It’s super young but wanted to see what the underlying material tasted like. Very coiled, very packed with flavor. As expected a bit of oak influence that needs to dissipate. For those who say a cross between GC Chablis and GC Burg (say a Chevy Mont or a Corton Charlie)… I agree. Will be very interesting to follow over the years, if the longevity is there (as spoken of), it may be spectacular. The variability of paths with pre-mox as well young modern chard is a tricky one so if this stays true to course, it may hold a significant international role (and be lauded for it).

11/6/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Fully mature with tertiary notes. Great balance and full of class.

11/6/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Brilliantly loaded with dry extract. Beautiful, weightless length. Still very young. Should show even better in 5+/- years as hard as that is to believe.

8/13/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Overall, a bit disappointing. Over ripe and not fully integrated. Seems that the oak too present and the fruit was overly plush- borderline flabby. I suspect with more air improve.

2/20/2021 - ledwards wrote:

Candied fruit, sugar, oak presence. very modern.

2/20/2021 - ledwards wrote:

This has integrated beautifully over past year. When young, it was a bit disjointed with heat and some harshness. Well, that is all gone and now we has a sultry, textural rose with a trocken backbone with the heat almost completely gone. Extremely elegant. Given this is Keller, I am not surprised that the domain’s expertise and attention would eventually show- but I was a bit concerned early on. These should be wow wines by the summer of 2021. A very exciting evolution.