Plummy Nose almost like Port. Very dark for a Pinot quite extracted. Dark fruit, blackberry, very dark cherries and plum. Spices; hint of allspice. Graphite. If Enderle & Moll is the Yin this is the Yang of German Pinot. Reminds me of a good Denis Mortet. Really well made. Needs to integrate a little more. Since this is the second very convincing vintage from GOLD I can now recommend this producer. A spectacular wine and serious buy for my cellar in future. Impressive. Great find by Lyle - who needs Burgundy? — 5 years ago
Côtes du Roussillon. Macabeu / carinyena. Bio de petit celler , fruitat i amb cos , final mineral amb avellanes i poma.
Plaça del vi 7. Calamarsons amb crema d’escarxofes i moll de l’os. — 7 years ago
Ver precise. Strawberry and raspberry. — 7 years ago
From Lyle Fass via his email. Only ca. 1000 bottles made each year. Lighter then the Koepfle. Limited acidity a great wine too but i prefer the Koepfle tonight. Chalk and back palate blackberry. Another burgundy beater. Lyle thank you‼️for importing these. Tell Hendrick he has a big fan in CA. So far along with Enderle & Moll which are more herbaceous these and theirs are probably some of the best pinot's 💰 or connections can buy. I would prefer this over some DRC's. — 8 years ago
Moll oest - masnou — 12 years ago
Allen Brothers Lava Cakes/Soufflé & 1977 Port. Pinch me!
Whenever I have wine this old, I always ask the people I share it with, what were you doing in 1977?
The beautiful thing about really old Port is how it softens all the edges & the elevated ABV. Smooth as silk.
This was a 375ml and farther along than a 750ml. The color was more Tawny than Port at this point. Wine on the leaner side. The fruits were; Thompson raisins, dates, figs, prunes, and some dried blackberries. Caramel, molasses, melted brown sugar, Cognac & Brandy presence, subtle wood shaving, nuts, butterscotch, graham cracker, dark withering flowers with beautiful acidity. The long finish was; rich, polished, well balanced, smooth and persistent for minerals.
If we had gone out for this dinner, it would have been $2500 plus tip & it wouldn’t have been this good which, is why we choose to cook rather than go out.
Cheese Course $25 pp
Salad $18 pp
Allen Brothers 6oz Ribcap $85 pp
Carrots $9 pp
Crispy Potato Wedges $12 pp
Soufflé $20 pp
Launois "Veuve Clemence" Brut Blanc de Blancs N/V Champagne $150
Glass of 2017 Pierre Boisson Bourgogne Blanc $25 pp
2018 Enderle & Moll Pinot Rose $75
1967 Bertani Valpolicella Amarone $625
2003 Chateau Lascombes $325
1977 Dow Port 375ml $275
Glass of Ruinart N/V Rose $35 pp
$2591 plus tax and gratuity
7 Hour Dinner
Nor would the music & ambiance been as good.
Interesting exercise penciling it all out.
Photos of; the boats used to transport Port from Douro to Oporto called a “Barcas”, grape stomping in a Lagare and our Allen Brothers Lava Cake/Soufflé. — 5 years ago
From the March 2018 Shipment. A touch of Enderle & Moll from California but for more $. Only 13.1%. Chalky herbaceous nose. Tart cranberries, orange 🍊 rind and underripe raspberry. This will probably not gain a lot of weight in the future but lovely now if you into tart wines. The tartness will mellow out in a year or so and then this will be really elegant - A Calburg. — 7 years ago
Great unfiltered wine at the price. Will get again. Good year round selection for our warm climate in NOLA — 8 years ago
Easy to drink, currants, a little sweet. Good with chocolate. — 8 years ago
Lekker, hoor. Crisp fruity hops, yeasty but dry. — 9 years ago
well they were out of the enderle & moll so not a half bad alternate. bright, tight, and beautiful. love this wine. — 5 years ago
Unfiltered skin-contact white made with 100% Prensal (aka, Moll, indigenous to Mallorca), from organically farmed vineyards on limestone and fossil-rich marl soils. Fermented and macerated with its skins in clay amphora. Pale yellow. Unripe apple, citrus, floral notes. Very fresh, great acidity. — 5 years ago
A cold, rainy day in the Berkshires today, several degrees cooler and we'd be getting snow instead. I'm not ready, still yardwork to get done this season!
A head-to-head matchup today, '15 vs. '16 E&M 'Müller' Müller-Thurgau. This '15 is our last bottle, so this is the final evolution check. 😕
No evidence of dissolved gas (CO2 or N2) in this bottle like the '16 showed, but it got a decant anyways. Gold-yellow in color, distinctly different from the '16 today.
Nose has smoked honey, almonds, tropical fruit skins, extra ripe mango and light aroma of crushed minerals.
Palate has gotten crazy complex, honey, stone fruits, pineapple core, tangerine, lemon pith and mashed tropical fruit. Evolving more with each sip, finish is picking up a nice apricot note.
Wow what a difference the extra year makes. Likely we're hiding the remainder of our '16 away for maybe a year or two, hopeful on a similar evolution. — 7 years ago
Hotdog wine — 8 years ago
Blackberry nose. Relative dark seems lighter than the Köpfle. Less interesting wine compared to the Köpfle and closer in taste to the Ziereisen(s). Blackberry, tealeaves VERY good but not a standout in the top leagues from BADEN aka the Gran Crus from Enderle and Moll. — 9 years ago
Jim Nelson
Gotta try more German Pinots — 4 years ago