Koehler-Ruprecht
Kallstadter Annaberg Spätlese Trocken Chardonnay 2023
After i had the 2020 vintage just had to try another vintage of this wine from this producer which happens to be an excellent Riesling address - but this is a Chard. Super aromatic, daffodils, chamomile, meyer lemon 🍋, white peach. 12.5%. Dry. But still - because it is so aromatic comes across fruit driven. Needs 30 min of air. — 9 days ago
Enderle & Moll
Baden Pinot Noir 2013
Quite earthy. Light. Ten years later for this basic wine and it still does very well. Strawberries, rhubarb, stem influence, oregano… as it opens up give it many hours! Hint raspberry. Still a lot of tannis. Given that this is the basic wine for E&M and was 20$. This is unbelievably awesome 😎. What a wine - i fear this is my last bottle - a cellar find - i am totally disorganized hahaha 😆. — 17 days ago
Enderle
Pinot Noir 2022
See my previous notes. Sven always works at the edge. Excellent and classic Pinot - the way it should be made. Looks light in the glass. But this carries a serious punch some whole cluster, some cherry 🍒 - but mostly other berries…cranberry and elderberry. Chalky and tart - excellent tannin management. If you consider yourself a Pinot expert - this should be on your bucket list. (Sourced by Lyle Fass). — 2 days ago
Martin Woods
Hyland Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022
This really does have Chambolle character. See Lyle’s notes. Light in color, bright, some tea notes but for the most part beautiful fruit, touch cherry, raspberry, citrus… and very soft tannins - days later under my Argon line- faint prune plum. Wouldn’t age this - it is perfect now! — 12 days ago
Winzerhof Landauer-Gisperg
Gemischter Satz
Very tasty. A white field blend from close to Vienna. Juicy, very aromatic. Dry. — 16 days ago
Mark Haisma
Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2015
Sometimes it is mid week and you just feel like a 100$++ burgh is the thing you need. Seriously- why even share. Drank 1/2 of the bottle. Getting better with each sampling over the years. Might be my last bottle. What a wine - 🍷. Big broad cherry 🍒 nose. In the glass so refined and clean. Orange rind. Hint of cherry. Slate. Plenty of tannins left - still this is at its peak - drink up. — 5 days ago
Precedent
Wirz Vineyard Riesling 2019
Planted in 1964, on deep granitic sand, and some on the darker clay loam that’s weathered from limestone. Dry farmed!!!!, head trained, and organic. Riesling roots can go down up to 60 feet. So these vines get their 💦. Dry, 13.5%. Aged in foudre for 10 months. A heirloom. Almost no diesel aka kerosene. Plenty of acid. Jasmine. Not my cup of tea but interesting. — 13 days ago
Pinotman /// Andreas
The companion for my wife’s salad at the Liguria themed dinner club get together in Del Mar. No one made the effort to actually get wine from the region. Only Kermit Lynch in Berkeley carries wines from this region in the US? From pre-phylloxera 130 old vines. — 2 days ago