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Rudi Pichler

Wösendorfer Kollmütz Smaragd Grüner Veltliner 2012

From a 6 ltr bottle. Party mode!! Thanks @Rob van Kalmthout. Happy B day — 25 days ago

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Wösendorfer Kollmütz Smaragd Wachau Weissburgunder 2015

2015.
Our new favorite pairing with mulligatawny soup. We had a great meal with three different Austrian wines at the Oven tonight.
— 5 months ago

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Federspiel Wachau Grüner Veltliner 2023

Vintage 2023 | minerality, expressive, rondeur and butter — 6 months ago

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Rudi Rüttger

Le Tendre Pfalz Riesling 2023

Mel
9.1

Light and crisp yet smooth. Semi-sweet, maybe pear and mineral notes, very pleasant (not Chuck's favorite) — 2 months ago

Rudi Pichler

Wösendorfer Hochrain Smaragd Grüner Veltliner 2023

$30 at my local Gtown wine shop. Chugged down fast. I’d buy it again — 3 months ago

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Turd Ferguson

Turd Ferguson

Pichler grunted mmmmmm

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Federspiel Wachau Riesling 2023

Vintage 2023 | — 6 months ago

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Château de Montfaucon

Baron Louis Côtes du Rhône 2009

[40% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Cinsault, 10% Carignan, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Counoise] So, quick backstory on this one, the proprietor of Montfaucon and my brother spent a year together at UCD in whatever degrees they each got, but it was Viticulture and Enology, about 35 years ago, which about 20 years ago led to their producer/importer relationship. Anyway, Rodolphe (Rudi) always labeled this as a Côtes du Rhône, but most of the fruit was actually grown within the confines of Lirac. Eventually Rudi decided to join the Lirac grape growers association, and separated this cuvée into Lirac “Baron Louis” and Lirac and Côtes du Rhône. So, bottom line, this 50-90 year-old-vine cuvée (apparently 12 months in small oak barrels, but I’d guess NOT new) Lirac (CdR in this case) has always drank like a mini-CdP, and this 2009 is mature, or close, but still shows great acidity and balance (14% ABV), medium-long finish, very, very fine Côtes du Rhône!! K&L in SF (direct import) and I believe Kobrand on East Coast import these wines!! Finally, for full disclosure, Rudi is a friend, I have NFI, but I do have a lot of his wines in my cellar. Anyway, not sure what vintage was “relabeled” Lirac instead of CdR, but at least starting by 2014 the “Baron Louis” you might see at retail will be “Lirac”!! — a month ago

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Nice story!

Rudi Pichler

Terrassen Smaragd Wachau Riesling 2005

Vintage 2005 gastronomic wine botytris affected honey melon — 6 months ago

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