Sick Dreyer
Weingut Richard Östreicher
KATzensiert Spätburgunder 2021
This is INSANE. Look at that color. Lovely nose that is deep, ethereal and penetrating. Spice, flowers and wow what lift. 9.8 nose. Wow wow wow. Wet earth, wilted roses, cranberry bog and more. This is so ephemeral and penetrating. Oolong tea and just so much more but it is round and so detailed and friendly and profound. Just sick. Palate is god tier. So sapid and elegant with ridiculous complexity and light as a feather but not lacking intensity by a long shot. Wow. Nose has tree bark, desiccated leaves and citrus rind now. Sweet, juicy, confectionary and concentrated but all above that it is wispy. Fruit is all red and reminds me of Enderle and Moll from back in the day. Man is this elegant and I cannot wait to see how this develops. Now after an hour this is ga great. Nose has insane, dizzying spice that is just unconscious. The palate is so sweet, so round, yet has mid season fruit levels of ripeness. The energy, linearity and focus are top notch. Insane sweetness and length. 9.6 to 9.7 after an hour. — a year ago
J.M Dreyer
Elios Vins d'Alsace Pinot Noir 2020
Tasted blind. My guesses were around Fedellos do Couto and Matassa, but with influence from Sextant. Entry-level funky-style wine. Slightly restrained and simple in the nose with notes of sweet cherry, cranberry and spoiled jam. But it pays well in the taste. Fizzy at the beginning, salty with flavours of spoiled strawberry-cranberry jam but with the right volume and evolution based on jamminess. I would take it on a picnic, chill a little bit, and then chill together with a bottle or two of this wine. — 3 years ago
JM Dreyer
Anigma Vins d'Alsace Pinot Noir 2019
Truly spectacular — 2019 — 3 years ago
Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard
Clos du Roi 1er Cru Beaune Pinot Noir 2023
I love this wine. Dark and sinewy nose as it goes for this 1er Cru. Blackberry, blackberry flower, dark cherry, blueberry, almost smells like a N.Rhone Gamay/Syrah blend from Cornas. Wild. Amazing nose. 9.5 or 9.6. Loads of moss and wet earth. Really complex and compelling. Oh wow, what a palate. Like an orb. So round yet structured, sweet and deep. Blue and red fruits galore and such high quality fruit here. Best one ever. Sappy and fresh with such intensity and explosiveness but that hint of opulence and roundness is utterly compelling. A wow wine. Sick stuff. Can’t wait to see how this evolves. Dizzying complexity on the nose now. That wet/dry moss is so stunning. This is genius. After two hours superb spice on the nose. Awesome inner mouth aromas, dark fruit and energy for days. — 6 months ago
Ugo Lequio
Gallina Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2019
Sick nose of amazingly vivid cherries, spice., chestnuts, leather and decayed leaves. Bright and harmonious. Palate is juicy with very fine tannins and lively cherry skin fruit on the attack and cherry juice on the finish. Really energetic and terrific ripe and velvety tannins. So pure and sappy. Long finish. Air will make this better but pretty awesome now. — 2 years ago
Enderle & Moll
Liaison Pinot Noir 2016
Yaaaa this is in a great place. Nose is sick. Huge levels of insanely complex spice. Xmas spices galore. Just wow. Pine resin. Wow. Smells like $150 Burgundy. Palate is juicy, nimble and racy. But also some but not much sweet fruit. Really elegant and has perfect balance. So juicy and insanely fresh. So complex. This is peaking. Wow. Yes. A 9.5 tonight. — 3 years ago
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
Just a brilliant brilliant wine. I cannot believe the value here. Nose is just sick. Deep berry, raspberry, cherry, sour cherry, blueberry, woodshop shavings, violets and other florals and so much more. This has so much stuffing it’s crazy. Extraordinary palate that is at once dense and at once nimble. Unreal sweet fruit and unreal, albeit youthful fruit and astonishing length. Crazy intense and brilliant inner mouth aromas and such complexity. Structure to burn and let’s see where we are in a few hours. Wow. — 2 months ago