Pinotman /// Andreas

9.8

Dear Friends warning this wine needs 48 hours to open up! I kept it for that time under Argon!

Still think the 2015 Muschelkalk mights have peaked. I opened 3 bottles. The first was oxidized and the other 2 were good to world class. The cork on all three was quite soft.

The wine has this ethereal character but the twisty black forest herbs are somewhat gone. It is still great to drink - but to shine one needs stupido patience.

Calk, very faint cherry. (Collecting E&M since 2009. And have been at the winery every other year.).

If you have it you must really experiment and play around but also - drink it up! Not a wine for normal or sane people.
#Will check 2015 Bundsandstein and IDA next. — 2 months ago

Andrew Hertzberg

9.0

Our first Delectable- with Ida- love it — 4 years ago

with Ida

Clay Bullwinkel

9.2

Crisp, fresh, dry, stone, early spring wildflower blossoms — 4 years ago

Doug Scott

9.1

Medium to full bodied. Raspberry, plum wet sagebrush and earth, leather on nose. Taste adds licorice, some tobacco, easy tannins, good balance and finish. Needs corrected to “Lo Cotidiano” Malbec. 13.5 abv — 4 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

This is the Rosé Villa Ida 2022 from the Côtes de Bourg estate Château de la Grave. 100% Merlot, fermented and aged in dolia jars. I am not a big rosé fan, but this is a deliciously fresh wine with impeccable purity. — 2 years ago

Ginny DeLacey

9.0

Juicy, fruity, but with a lil bit of weight. Drank as evacuees from Ida in Gulf Shores, AL. — 4 years ago

with Joseph

Ethan Landau

9.2

Very easy drinking — 5 years ago

Doug Scott

9.2

This is La Estratega Cab Franc. Nose is blueberry, tobacco, earthy, mushrooms. Full bodied, medium tannins, youthful, similar to nose plus red plum. Weighty mouthfeel. — 6 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.7

Gorgeous wine. This is just stellar. In 2-3 years this will be a 10. Herbs, oregano, orange rind, strawberry, plenty of acid, quite tannic, black currants, cranberries, lime, hint of plum. It was a warm vintage. For all the folks who had trouble with the 17’s. I hear you - might have been outliers. Ever since E&M really rocked. My 17’s big boys were for some reason actually pretty good and i plan to keep them for another 2-3 years or so. — 2 years ago

Diane M. Napolitano

9.1

From the August wine share. Smoke-y, roast-y, malt-y. Not much fruit, maybe blueberries or blackberries. Hits right in this Tropical Storm Ida weather ☔️ I like it 🤔 — 4 years ago