Bruno Giacosa
Santo Stefano di Neive Riserva Barbaresco Nebbiolo 1998
98 was not a great vintage and why Giacosa bottled the SS as a red label has long been a bit of a mystery. There’s a lot in this wine to like, and no reason to leave it sitting in the cellar. Fully mature, ample bricking, softer but still lively fruit, rich mouthfeel with classic sous bois, a bit of iron, red berry and herbal overlay, and soft maybe a bit overripe tannin. Lovely, but not near Giacosa’s most memorable SSRs. — a month ago
Weingut Beurer
TStettener Monchberg Grosses Gewachs Spätburgunder 2013
Damn sound like a great wine need to check it out - the winery.
Worth a visit. Lovely people. I’ve only ever seen the mags at the winery but maybe they’re available elsewhere.
Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Grésy
Gaiun Martinenga Barbaresco Nebbiolo 1985
Many 85s from Piedmont have faded. This one is just a classic example of fully mature Nebbiolo. Tar, leather, sous bois, soft fruit, iron, wet stone, and tannins still alive, well balanced. Long finish. Showing surprisingly well. A great wine for a heat wave!! 😆 — a month ago
Andreas Laible
Am Buhl Riesling 2022
One of our guests at dinner when I poured the wine was the teen who’d never had Reisling. She loved the wine. I think she’s hooked! 😆
My son is in his thirties he also prefers Rieslings.
It’s a good white wine start off the journey.
Steven Heydemann
Opened the 97 Monprivato back in spring and it wasn’t showing that well. This one seems fresher, more balanced. Not just fully mature but beginning a very slow decline. Nonetheless the depth of fruit, richness of the tar, smoke, herb, and sous bois is terrific. — 2 hours ago