Josh Morgenthau

9.6

All I can say is wow! I opened this bottle with zero expectations, took a sip and just started laughing because of how delicious it was. Nose is so quirky and expressive as soon as you pour a glass. Peaches, kiwi, welches white grape juice, golden raisins, butterscotch, pineapple, mango, tropical bubblegum... “confectionary psychedelia” are the words that came to mind. A subtle sweetness teases the mid-palate but then resolves to a tart and mineral finish. Which is awesome and opposite the honeyed, cloying finish I’ve come to fear in some Rhone whites. I’d say with this bottle I’m well on my way to being a convert.

Can’t for the life of me explain the richness and elegance at this price point. Genius stuff @Lyle Fass — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

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. — 6 years ago

PS Michaels

9.2

Great QPR. Fass Selections discovery — 6 years ago

Dan Weisshaar

9.3

Drinking beautifully, 45 min decant. Excellent tart red fruit, excellent balance and tannin integration. Spare stateliness, personified. Drinking this wine is like watching Gene Kelly dance: elegance, mastery, nothing wasted. Paired with London broil and chocolate pasta, cacio e pepe . Ty, Fass Selections. — 7 years ago

with Lyle and Matthew

Douglas Sopfe

9.2

Apple Jolly Ranchers. Cranberries. Bright and acidic. Lovely — 8 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

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. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2009 - #riesling #trocken with incredible good smell: complex with impressions of butter, vanilla, passion fruit and mango. Honey off course. Beautiful #rheinhessen with ocean perch and pasta salad. What a treat if riesling becomes older 😊 — 9 years ago

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9.2

Elegant petrol with a splash of sulfur, and then it's amazing. Green melon on the front of the palate, lemon surges, then fades with earthiness — 10 years ago

Tony Bubbles

9.1

Very nice rosé — 11 years ago

Petra Thieriot

Owner/Importer Dee Vine Wines

10

#CLEMENS BUSCH is everybody's darling tonight @delectable #magnum #Riesling @summerriesling — 13 years ago

with Julia and Dade

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wow. Intense.

Nose is mineral. Almost floral.

Palate is mineral, so juicy. Almost tart. Wow.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: lifting cherries. As it opens more deep and velvety.

Palate - elegant cherries. Such gorgeous sweet silky fruit. So fresh. Silky tanins. Savory. A bit meaty. Some plum.

He did a masterful job in a vintage that was critically panned.

Bought from fass selections — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Nose is pink grapefruit and minerals. As this opens it is ethereal. Wow. Unique elegant perfume.

Liquid grapefruit soda with rocky minerals

Some Campari on the finish. Powdered Rocks made of petrified grapefruit.

Truly perfect. I need to just buy a case of every muellen wine. I always drink them all down.

Bought from fass selections — 6 years ago

Cliff Wu

9.1

Don't often have Riesling dry, but this is quintessential petrol and quince. Stands up well to acidic tomato sauces. — 6 years ago

Paco Rodriguez

9.3

My favorite white wine! — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

I love this wine. Powerful fruit. Just crunchy minerality. Just exultant citrus on the finish. So delicious. Bought from Fass selections. ... as this opens it becomes more geeky. This insane mutherf&$!$& minerality. Just granitic. Wow. I hope I have more of this. Should age well. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Dan Weisshaar

9.1

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

with Lyle and Matthew

Vetle Borgnes

10

Nydelig hvitvin. Perfekt til salma. — 9 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Essentially orange in color. Great freshness high acidity. Fresh herbs - mostly thyme! Raspberry back palate and a hint of camembert from spontaneous fermentation? A standout Rose as always and one of a kind - can't wait for my case of the 15. Great on its own or with a nice salad perhaps with smoked trout? From Lyle Fass. Also available from some stores in New York. But i think the 14' might be gone. — 10 years ago

with David

Willem Booij

9.3

Clean, minerals and good balance. Very good spatburgunder! — 10 years ago

Eva Nordenhof

9.9

Naturvin. B: basilikum. — 12 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Needs about 90 minutes to open up.

Nose is very dense slate

Palate is fantastic. Dense slate. Some finely crushed rocks. Some yellow apple. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose has that elite blasting pfalz minerality. Some lemon flower perfume. Lovely.

Plate is more gods lemon soda. Good minerality. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections. — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Needs an hour decant. A bit dumb before that.

Fruity. Some spice.

Bought from fass selections — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Needs 30 minutes to open up even at this stage.

Nose still has a hint of wood. Lime

Palate is lime, mineral and terrific richness. Really citrusy. Great acidity. Upper right on the richness acidity 4 quadrant graph.

Served with shrimp in coconut cream sauce. A great pairing

Bought from fass selections. — 6 years ago

Martinez

9.1

#rieslingfeier
— 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Awesome. This has gained complexity with age. Mineral. Create fruit. Terrific balance. Bought from Fass Selections. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Matthew Cohen

9.6

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

with Lyle

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.0

Feuersbrunn Riesling — 10 years ago

Chris Tyler

9.3

2012 - HT to @Lyle Fass for bringing these in. So light in color it was almost a rose. Pine needles and resin on the nose. Nice medium plus body. Delicious and unique! — 11 years ago