Savatier Selections

Dosio

Barolo Nebbiolo 2006

Needs an hour to open.

Sweet fruit. Great texture.

Bought from fass selections.
— 5 years ago

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Drew Family Cellars

Estate Field Selections Mendocino Ridge Pinot Noir 2016

Decidedly animale, focused and powerful Pinot Noir. Wish I bought more. — 5 years ago

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Enderle & Moll

Buntsandstein Pinot Noir 2011

Epic. Needs an hour to open. Nose is pure spatburgunder. Licorice. A hint of green. Pepper. Palate is Uber fresh and concentrated cherries. Mineral. Focused licorice. Pure. The stuff of genius. Bought from Fass Selections. — 7 years ago

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What? The 2011 is a 9.6? Not green?
9.0
Matthew Cohen

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On open it was a bit off. Needed an hour. This is not a fruit-driven wine. All about that cherry licorice and finesse. I was a bit surprised it evolved as it did.
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@Matthew Cohen do me a favor. Post in the SP FB group. Will initiate a good discussion. Thanks

Thomas Allen Wines

Selections Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Very nice cab for steak night. We both think delicious. — 8 years ago

Château Paquita

Selections de la Viña Bob Red Blend 2015

Very light but packs a mineral, smoke & funk punch — 9 years ago

Rubus

Wine Selections Barossa Shiraz 2013

Takes me home to when I was a lad drinking Greg Norman. — 9 years ago

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Luyton Michéle

Hermitage White Blend 2016

Wow. The nose on this is beautiful. White flowers. Perfume. Intense but elegant. A 9.7 nose. Crushed seashell.

Palate is elegant tropical fruit. A bit hot at first but it blows off. Good deliciousness but not in your face.

Major crush on this producer. Such elegant wines. This vintage reminds me a bit of Rhône legend Marc Sorrel.

Bought from fass selections.
— 5 years ago

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Domaine de la Côte Sainte-Epine

Vieilles Vignes St. Joseph Marsanne Roussanne Blend 2017

Needs an hour to integrate. Then is majesty. Nose of a tropical fruit basket. Palate is mineral and the essence of tropical fruit - guava papaya. But not overwhelming as it lives with the minerality. Brightly acidic. Moderate pleasant richness. An iconic northern Rhône white. Bought from Fass selections. — 7 years ago

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Masterful
9.3

Winzerhof Thörle

Probstey Spätburgunder 2015

Wow. Amazing distinctive wine. Nose is searingly fresh cherry cherry flower and a hint of cherry liquor. Palate is fresh cherries and some awesome spice. So fresh and juicy. A hint of spatburgundery bitterness. Amazing wine. So delicious but also unique and complex. Bought from Fass Selections ... as this opens the brightness integrates and the internal aromatics become more prominent. Some licorice on the finish. At the very high end of delicious. I hope I have some of this to try in a few Years. It could be profound. — 7 years ago

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Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier

Hohen-Sülzen Riesling 2014

Superb fruit, tangy citrus juice, hint of honey orange flower, still spare and balanced with full acidity. So nice. Ty, Fass Selections. — 8 years ago

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Indigenous Selections

Terre Siciliane Nero d'Avola IGT

Excellent wine. Had with spaghetti. Inexpensive and will buy more. — 9 years ago

Rubus

Wine Selections Old Vines Lodi Zinfandel 2013

Pam
9.2

Love this Zinfandel. Spicey berry and medium bodied. Not too fruity like a lot of Zinfandel. Getting more! — 11 years ago

Roccia Rossa

Bramaterra DOC Nebbiolo 2015

Needs an hour decant. A bit dumb before that.

Fruity. Some spice.

Bought from fass selections
— 5 years ago

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Martin Müllen

Trarbacher Huhnerberg Spätlese* trocken Mosel Riesling 2010

Strong green apple nose. Palate is intense. Mineral. Juicy green apples. Some tart green apple. Mineral. So juicy. Long juicy tart apple finish. Rocky minerals on the finish. God this is well made. Bought from fass selections. — 7 years ago

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Kysela Pere et Fils

Rubus Wine Selections Barossa Shiraz 2015

Lovely evening with very lovely dinner guests...this guy the second of two different bottles enjoyed this evening. Right out of the gate showed strong dark fruit especially plum to the nose...on the palate strong blueberry, plums slight pepper a bit a leather. Med plus finish and very delicious. — 7 years ago

Andreas Laible

Durbacher Plauelrain Klingelberger Trocken Riesling 2016

More on the delicious end of the scale on open. Very fruity tangerine. Citrus. Awesomely mineral of course. Nice acidity. Lovely nose. As it opens becoming more serious. Rocky finish. ... fast forward 15 minutes. Ok ... now it’s liable. I’m chewing on rocks in a lemon vineyard. Best lemons ever. Sweet lemons with the acidity of regular lemons. Ok that makes no sense unless you are a lemon geek. Nose is insane. Gods lemon oil. Mad love. Bought from Fass Selections. — 7 years ago

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So this is a lemon party? 😱
9.2

Domaine Jean Dauvissat Pere & Fils

Vaillons Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2015

When the price of this doubles in a few years grown men and women will be weeping that they didn’t buy more. Myself included. Explosive fruit and minerality. More than enough balancing acidity for the 15 acidity alarmists. As this opens it has palate expansiveness. My gut is that this will improve with more age. Wow. Bought from Fass Selections. Ok an hour in this is killing it. Profound wine. — 8 years ago

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I am one of the 15 acidity alarmists. Who are the other 14?
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There are only 14 others? :)
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@Noah Raizman @Aravind Asok freshness can also come from minerality and not just acid. Top 15’s have good acids not great but the freshness is terrific because of the mineral expression. I love the vintage. More in Côte d’Or than Chablis if I had to pick.
9.4