Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.3

Honeysuckle. Tart. Special. 2001 — 2 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.1

A little too sweet when first opened but wait 30 minutes and it develops into a very precise sweet Riesling. Clean and straightforward Riesling ready to pair with Thai curry, Szechuan dishes, or Indian Rogan Josh or Vindaloo. — 5 months ago

Freek Welter

9.3

Nothing beats a good Willi 🤪 — 3 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Golden yellow with aromas of minerality, oil, and peach. Crisp with an effervescent feel on the tongue. — 3 months ago

Phillip Marmolejo

9.7

Elegantly sweet riesling with the acid to balance.

On the nose, ripe stonefruit accented with a touch of the minerality that's typical for the Mosel. It most certainly comes off as a riesling, but the kerosene notes have yet to become pronounced

On the palate, the texture is seamless yet not syrupy. As mentioned, it is sweet but well-balanced, drinkable on end without growing sick of the sweetness.

Overall, I drew out my glass with small sips to savor and continue revisiting it. Decades of age are left in this wine, but it's fantastic now as well. — 10 months ago

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Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

This is a novel wine. It’s Red Muscat that is served chilled like a white wine. It is easily one of Italy’s most unique and greatest wines. It has the character of wines in other styles that cost thousands of dollars but because it’s such a freaky grape and made in a freaky style, (11.5% almost like a Kabinett Red Wine) it’s not that expensive. Still it’s great. Truly epic. Like a dessert at a 3 star Michelin that centers around some insane sauce. This is the vinous equivalent of that sauce. The nose is floral to a degree that using floral to describe any other wine is an insult to this wine. It’s minty and smells almost like an apothecary in God’s waiting room. It’s got roses. I mean in your face yet subtle and beautiful roses. There’s also fresh green shrubbery. Like walking into a freshly manicured British aristocrat’s family garden. There’s deep black cherry skins. It’s pungent and potent but also haunting and beautiful. The palate tho! They combo of fresh/sweet/ electric sweetness and a guided decadence. Perfect balance. Insanely pure. Willi Schaefer vibes here. Gorgeous sweet tannins and a deliciousness that is rare in this world. After air the nose has green and oolong tea aromas. Just a mesmerizing nose. Palate and nose are 50/50. This is not a perfect wine but it’s perfect for me. 9.7. — 4 years ago

romo

9.3

Vat # 05. Rich and broad benchmark Schaefer. — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

So complex and elegant. Wide open. Wow. — 6 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose is minerals and elegant green apple.

Palate is unreal. So elegant. Very low sweetness for a spatlese. A masterpiece

Had this a week in. It’s like willi Schaefer plus magic. That elegant tartness. And then just Filligree on top. Sweet elegance. My. Oh my. Long elegant green apple sugar finish. Oh my god.

Bought from fass selections — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Nose is screaming eagle mosel green apple out of the gate. Wow. Just leaps into the nose. Super ripe green apple. willi Schaefer levels of concentration. Interlaced minerality. Wow. Just that crunchy mosel minerals. Almost minerals made from petrified rips green apples they’re almost sweet. Gorgeous nose. Wow. As it averages it’s awesome. Almost a mineral green apple flower.

Palate is mind boggling. Extra extra extra levels of dense concentrated green apple. Some Grapefruit pith. Intensely mineral. Very very dense for a mosel wine. Sick concentration. Some candied grapefruit. Tremendous bright acidity. Wakes the palate. A little salty. Almost savory. Massive minerality. Almost painful like an explosion of rocks. Very delicious.

Long finish. Like you sucked on a delicious rock and it powdered in your mouth. Stunning. Terrific dense green apple in the finish. Almost mineral spice. — 4 years ago