Mike Saviage

9.4

Tawny with reddish amber rims. Dark yet translucent. Great old Chave nose. Black cherry, wet forest floor, smoked meats, menthol, slate stone and rhubarb notes. Vibrant in the mouth right out of the gate. Lots of structure and pucker. Fruit present but starting to fade. This was at peak first two hours and then started slowing down, opposite of the Trimbach CSH next to it. Still this was really good ~37 yr old grape juice. — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

What a nose. It pops. Big peach and apricot and that purest citrusy syrup dash of honey thing. Really singing. Slate in the background but beautiful and clean fruit. Floral and almost a nougat element as well. Stunning. Palate is at once opulent and also bone dry with razor sharp 2008 acidity and cleansing minerality and citrus on the finish which really is long and delineated. This is outrageous now. — 7 years ago

Severn G

9.4

Call me crazy...Faint petrol, wet slate with smooshed cherry/strawberry! Whaaa where is that note coming from...on Riesling, Rhine!!!???

Update Day No. 8: Red fruits note was still going strong, and confirmed by three others, so my sanity is intact.

'Try to catch snowflakes on your tongue. It's fun. Mm. Needs sugar. It's too early. I never eat December snowflakes. I always wait until January. They sure look ripe to me. You think you're so smart with that blanket. What are you gonna do with it when you grow up? Maybe I'll make it into a sport coat.' — 8 years ago

Claire Kim

8.9

Gasoline, smokey slate, a little rubber. "Smells like a garage" said friend. Pear and apricot on the palate. Lime-like acidity. Feels sweeter than most Kabinetts I've had but not unpleasantly so. — 8 years ago

Jeannette

9.3

Pale, clear. Medium body, high minerality , salt start, med tannins — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Floral notes, a hint of lime, a slate undertow. Lovely ripe fruit with that Comtes sweetness. A nice saline finish. Excellent. — 9 years ago

with Gregg and Rick

R. Addison Wehrfritz

9.2

Licorice and strawberry on the nose. Robust tannins yet delicate aromas. Ample mouthfeel. Bright and bold. — 10 years ago

with Melissa

Alexander Baum

9.1

Full of minerality (Mosel slate). Great structure and balance. Smooth drinking ;) — 11 years ago

April Oh

9.0

Easy glass for a weeknight! — 11 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.9

Purity defined. All it needs is time. Slate and white fruit so integrated it is hard to tell where one stops and the other starts- so long!!!! — 12 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.3

Complex nose. Bread, nuts, lemon merengue, slate, and a reductive smokey note. On the palate, the wine is stuffed with substance but is yet to unfurl and bubbles are quite pronounced which distracts from the flavour profile. Slightly disappointing but full if potential. — 6 years ago

with Racquel

Matt Sterr

9.0

Fresh and bright. Well balanced with nice acid. Expressive on both nose and palate. — 7 years ago

Patricia Schnitzer

8.9

Jan 31, 2018. Top Ten, on the bar list. Easy drinking, Priorat. Would be great everyday wine. Dark fruit, rich earthy wine. Grenache blend. Yum — 8 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Perfect on a day like this. Apple, slate, mineral, fresh, acid, lively, complex. Really a classic Kabinett. — 8 years ago

Sterling Watts

9.3

Aromas of apricot, nectarine, honeysuckle, white flower, minerality, slate.
Semisweet, mid-plus acid — 9 years ago

Andrew Toig

9.4

A very unique, earthy taste, lots of flavor. — 9 years ago

Nick Davis

9.3

Yum! Called Rhone Syrah — 10 years ago

Nic Tan

9.4

Close your eyes. Imagine cognac. Take a sip. What's this? A bourbon? Nay, an oh-so-yummy whiskey, says I. — 10 years ago

with Claytronicon

Molly Murnane

9.0

A new fav zin. Big flavor — 11 years ago

Tom Kisthart

Owner Craft & Curd

10

From 80-year-old ungrafted vines in steep slopes of blue slate. "...and blue slate tastes good". Imported by Vom Boden. — 11 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.1

Fruit bomb ... Maybe, delicious .... Absolutely ! Best on day 4 so far ! — 12 years ago

John Willison

9.1

Lime zest, slate, ripping acidity. All good. — 6 years ago

Rich Bluth

9.1

The petite comes through, great wine! — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

A vigorous zesty nose of lime, slate, flowers. Intense and racy, the palate has great acidity, packed with flavor and citrus. A real killer puligny — 7 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.2

First Clemens Busch Riesling. First one I've been even able to find out here; not that much of his wines make it out to Minnesota.
I think this might be a slightly off bottle or too young/in a dumb phase of sorts because it's not super expressive and seems slightly closed, but even still it's quite good nonetheless. Very mineral, clean, subtle and elegant Riesling here. Pours a pale gold hue. Medium concentration of aromas of slightly underripe nectarine and white peach, lime juice, clean river water and wet slate minerality, fresh jasmine floral character, some TDN that is showing more "new plastic" than "petrol", some subtle cardamom character and a touch of savory leesiness. On the palate it shows damn near identically to the nose. High acid, light body but with pleasant slightly oily, dense leesy texture. Pretty much dry but definitely not *bone* dry. Medium (-) alcohol, in balance. This is some pretty good stuff and will probably buy another bottle of this stuff to see if it shows any more generously than this one or if it is truly just in a relatively inexpressive phase. Can definitely see why this producer is so hyped. — 8 years ago

Jeff Shapiro

9.3

This is a powerful deep Pinot that somehow reminds me of Oregon, even though it's from the Anderson Valley.
Decanted for 45 minutes and served slightly chilled.
Sour candied cherry, vanilla, spice and some earth on the mouth which is quickly followed by strawberry, sage and pepper. — 9 years ago

with Brian

Phil Hutchison

9.3

Great fruit purity and finesse. Slate acid line with hints of cheese rind texture. — 10 years ago

Drew Baker

9.1

After dinner libation. Very interesting to taste, but a bit overwhelming for me... — 11 years ago

Judd Blair

9.0

Riesling attack! Still trying to wrap my head around these guys - this one is a bit sweeter than I'm used to, wine soda, but I imagine thats a shortcoming of my palette and not this wine, which has some pretty great fruit and minerals behind it. — 11 years ago

Liz Barenholtz

9.6

Delicious. Full. Not overly fruity. — 13 years ago