Ellen Clifford

9.2

Chiaroscuro is an art term for the juxtaposition of light and dark. Think Baroque stuff. Think Caravaggio and my personal fave Artemesia Gentileschi. Can I get any more pretentious in my reference? Probably but I won’t. Really good Barolo does this dang chiaroscuro thing. Vajra does this. The dried plum, roasted plum, almost overripe roses and perhaps...cocoa sipped while sniffing an old leather book are dark. But the acid and body are bright and light. Ridiculously good. Wine is art. — 8 years ago

JKT

9.5

GL Burgundy tasting 3/7/17. $184. Nose really striking and balanced and complex. Reason he went to CDP. Wanted warm weather dream wine that's pure. All Grenache. North exposure. Sandy soil. Stones. Freshness. 2 weeks in tank in cold. Then RT for two weeks and then 36 months in baroque with no racking! Wow of a wine. — 9 years ago

Stephen Becker

9.2

All three volumes of 'The Baroque Cycle' swirled into one bottle and served in the best Chainhattan restaurants. — 10 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

So baroque. So dramatic. No formal notes. My go to under $30 brilliance. — 10 years ago

April Wang

9.2

Medium minus straw. Unbelievable floral nose, hints of lychee, mangosteen. Medium acidity, medium minus sugar, nice, long, elegant finish. Reminds me of the ruffled white dresses from a Baroque painting. — 10 years ago

markus gould

9.3

what a riesling statement!

super elegant, not baroque, crisp and focused - and if blind presented you know in the second it's an "achleiten": the wine stinks a bit of harbour breeze, saline air, broken mussels and seaweed, fuel gas. ...and stone fruit.
fantastic!

all that with highly drinkable 12.5% alcohol — 10 years ago

Camille Puglia

9.2

Modern Chardonnay in a Baroque town! — 11 years ago

with Jim

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.3

The first revolutionary super Tuscan from chianti classico estate Tignanello blend 80% san giovese 15 cab sav 5 cab franc aged in french oak baroque 14 months plus 12 months in bottles rich full bodied style but with the freshness and brightness of san giovese a true classic tasted in new architectural stunning cellar — 11 years ago

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

9.5

Petrol, mineral, golden fruit, note of botrytis. Good acid. Still fresh. Spicy, peppery. Note as baroque as some vintages. — 12 years ago

Michael Anton

9.8

A wine called the Lady Kisser? Well it didn't disappoint one bit. Rose water, lemon zest, violets, and a back massage all in the first sip of this elegant, romantic piece of true Italian poetry. Grab some dark chocolate, turn your phone off, and go on a date with a bottle of baroque pop, raised eyebrows and bodice ripping, pearl clutching, abandon loving wine. — 13 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Sick sick wine that is really in the ZONE. Sick nose. Honeysuckle, iris, white flowers, tropical fruits, big granite and wet stones. Complex and airy with wonderful layered and nuanced complexity. Baroque yet chiseled. Rich, unctuous and textured with fabulous custard like texture and lovely acidic snap. Big structure but it’s so juicy and so balance it’s ridiculously drinkable. Long finish of earth and wet stones with some honey. Stunning. — 8 years ago

Roman Ochocki

9.0

Baroque in a glass — 9 years ago

Marshal White

9.1

These wines have a shape that's really different than the Côte d'Or norm to me. Some wines are described as "Baroque." These are Gothic. — 10 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.0

Clear HL-style and signature. Minerality, spice, soft rounded lactic acidity, baroque flavors. Lovely. — 10 years ago

James Sligh

9.5

Ongoing quest to understand Alsace. This is in a terrific place: spicy, with that baroque, apricot-marmalade richness, but still extraordinarily fresh. Little to no botrytis. Highly suspect ’02 is the drinker’s vintage for this wine in the first half of the aughts. — 10 years ago

markus gould

9.1

REALLY reminds me of gernot heinrichs roter traminer "freyheit" in a bubbly version! as is:

bombastic!

somehow out of this world wine, baroque nose, bone dry, super complex: aniseed, rose petals, apricot skin, wood et al.
makes me smile ...
... big time sensuality! — 10 years ago

Paul Cunningham

Blogger iheartaustria.com

9.1

Pure Austrian, opulent baroque style Riesling. — 11 years ago

with C

markus gould

9.1

andreas gsellmann (meanwhile no "&", despite the headline) traminer, mash fermented.

at first glance kerosinesque and vegetal, highlighted with roses, aniseed, super ripe apricots in colour, smell & taste and ringletted / -skin. aerated less gas station, rounder and more baroque look and feel (which is fantastic in addition with the dry palate!).
after two days in the fridge showing even more complexity as conifer resin, loukoum and so on. . .
high drinkability but not crisp - and mineral driven.

i'm very happy for andreas this not so conventional wine was awarded best traminer at the white wine festival '15.
there's something in the air ~~ — 11 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

8.9

2011. Interesting this. Trying to hard to be fruity, but ultimately cannot escape the dominant vortex of Gruner's savory side. Definitely ripe at 14.5%, the wine is almost completely botrytis free. Pure, ripe green citrus (kefir, yuzu) as well as a steady tempo mid-line of ripe yellow and green apple, on the fringes lurk stranger tropical notes: pineapple rind, kiwi skin, green banana and green mango. There's that radish-and-lentil savoriness, shiso, fresh basil, tarragon. Chinese five spice chimes in (maybe the botrytis?) and pleasant Asprin-like bitterness on the back palate. There's an additional chemical note (SO2-related?) that reminds me of riesling's petrol, but it's really more like if someone had tried to turn the flavor of municipal pool water into a food, like a not unappealing chlorine snack. I know that's really weird, but it's what it made me think of...big without being baroque, and kept together by the acid and bitterness. Not a shy wine. The ambition and quality are obvious, but it's not harmonious at the moment. — 11 years ago

Alia Connor

9.5

BANG. Found my Paris wine store — Mi Fugue Mi Raisin. Let’s listen to baroque and paint watercolor and drink the shit out of this wine. — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Liquid gold, flint, tobacco, full throttle tropical fruit, great acidity balances the auslese-level sweetness and concentration.
A lipsmackingly tasty and baroque Spätlese, albeit not the most complex one I ever had.
APnr 7-07 — 9 years ago

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.4

18 Gramm residual sugar so not official labeled as GG. Lots of baroque notes in the beginning (exotic fruit, honey, tried apricot) turning into a wonderful, slate driven nose. Very precise on the palate with a good amount of acidity. This boy is in a lovely spot right now but it would be interesting to see how he develops over the next five years. — 9 years ago

April Wang

9.3

Medium plus lemon to gold. Biscuit, white flowers, clean linen, vanilla, cream wafer, pink dresses in Baroque paintings, butter. Medium acidity, medium sugar, medium alcohol — 10 years ago

Tiffany Sams Cox

9.4

2014 | I really crush on Booker wines though I'm certain that I approach them with bias...go ahead and calibrate my score by a one point deduction if you want grave reality for your own wine purchasing decisions. That said, I love the luscious marzipan richness with fresh almond and quince in this roussanne viognier marsanne and PETIT MANSENG white blend. The mid palate takes me to these melons from Weiser Farms - Baroque looking little things, almost perfectly round with an electric citron green flesh and a goldleaf skin with emerald longitudinal stripes - Ogen Melons yum. — 10 years ago

Ladislav Vostarek

9.2

Great baroque Tempranillo for acceptable price — 11 years ago

Collin Moody

9.2

Wow! Old vine PdA. Very feminine, but has power and heft with a small amount of the baroque showing. — 11 years ago

Tom Balamaci

9.1

Textbook. Expertly made. I've had more interesting Rieslings at this price point though. Bonus points for the baroque bros on the label. — 11 years ago

Alex Halberstadt

9.4

Disgorged in 2011 and just baroque, with a quiet mousse and all kinds of honeyed, savory moments. — 11 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.4

So baroque. Like the label. I like this a lot, but man, it's intense. More for the Pfalz-Rheinhessen drinker than the Mosel. Definitely has a few years left in it. It's dry, it's just labeled for another market. — 12 years ago

Gui Mahaut

9.7

Made in Emilla-Romagna from whit Sangiovese, fermented in baroque and age in clay with low intervention n minimum SO2. A must try! Wonderful — 13 years ago