5/11/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Just great.
Outstanding Bdx-blend SuperTuscan. Deep, complex, juicy and rich. Lovely now with a decant, probably even better in a few years' time. Might be underrating this one.

5/4/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Frigging Perfect.

5/1/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

So young.... wonderful evolution over two hours....!

5/1/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Hmmmm.... This is not presenting at the best possible way.... slightly murky and mossy...
Off-bottle...?

5/1/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Wow.... what a privilege.... what a wine...

5/1/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Still an infant.
Very saline, mineral and an interesting streak of juicy bitterness in the atertaste (if that makes any sense..).

5/1/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

OMG...!
Bottle was opened several hours before tasting.
The wine is already so unbelievably tasty and juicy and creamy and harmoniuos... Breathtaking.
Destined for a perfect score in a few years' time.

4/20/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

A lighter style of Vintage Port.

4/20/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

A fantastic bottle, drinking at peak now.

4/14/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Opened and decanted an hour before tasting. Cedar, toasty oak, brown spices, damp earth, pinches of milkchocolate, coffee and pruney fruit. Still fairly tannic too. Does this wine have sufficient fruit and freshness for the long haul...?
Now, this is good, not great.

4/13/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Bright golden yellow.
Salty smoky minerals, caramelized citrus, dry honey, old foudres, wet wool and an attractive mossy, rainwater vibe that I like very much.
Although this regular auslese trocken does not have the depth and complexity of the Reserve bottlings, it showes the trademark KR funk in spades.
Recommended!

4/10/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Great wine, from a half bottle.
Lots of complexity and depth of flavor. Honey, white chocolate and caramel. Nectarine, pear and bloodorange. Almonds, oats and buttery cookiedough.
Exquisite balance, luscious sweetness, fresh acidity and spicy bitterness.
Deeeelicious now!

4/8/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Deep, dark colour, brownish rim.
Notes of black cherry, smoked ham, summer asphalt, cedar and potpourri.
Still holding up, but it's definately time to drink these.

4/3/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Honeyed and floral. Vanilla, saffron, mango and papaya on the palate. Still fairly fresh and mineral.
Such a beautiful wine.

4/3/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Two bottles completed oxidised; dead as a doornail.

3/30/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Wow..! Is this impressive or what?
Very salty and mineral, beautiful acidity and citrus bitterness throughout the entire wine. Gorgeous veins of RS provides charm, depth, richness and impeccable balance.
This mouthwatering feinherb has just entered its drinking window, yet has the structure for another decade or two of positive evolution. Guter Stoff!

3/24/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Perfectly mature. Nice complexity, great balance.
Wonderful wine.

3/17/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Waxy, nutty and floral. Clearly mature, yet there are still some deep yellow fruit notes (dreid apricot, papaya, baked apple) left.
Also hints of vanilla, honeycomb and pumpkin-spice latte.
Really nice.

3/11/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Meaty, toasty, leather and coffee. Quite masculine and slightly stubborn. Still, there's black fruit and a certain freshness that keeps me coming back for more.
Lovely.

3/8/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Last bottle :(
What a fantastic wine this is. A real bargain, too.
Rich and dry, piles of beautiful minerals, gorgeous oily bittersweet fruitnotes of orangepeel, lemoncurd and peachskin. Pinches of gasoline, paraffine and honeycomb join the party as well.
Standing tall at the age of 14!

3/4/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Ruby to purple in the glass. Medium- to full-bodied, classically styled, primary crunchy cherry and blackberryfruit, this has a cool-climate feel with its bright and fresh aromatics, mouthwatering acidity and floral/spicy nuances to boot. Lovely!

11/19/2016 - jkoenen wrote:

Dark cherry, soft tannines, mocha, so accessible and easy to love. Beautiful!

2/24/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Very lush. Tropical and.... sweet! Feinherb-like.

2/24/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Deg. 15-2-2017

2/19/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Lime, candyshop, underripe pine apple, ginger, wet rocks, cool and nervous.
50/50 Chardonnay/Elbling
Mosel Landwein
1676 bottles

5/19/2017 - jkoenen wrote:

Pomerol battle (Restaurant Zarzo, Eindhoven - NL): Personal WOTN

5/19/2017 - jkoenen wrote:

Pomerol battle (Restaurant Zarzo, Eindhoven - NL): Drink up. In decline.

5/19/2017 - jkoenen wrote:

Pomerol battle (Restaurant Zarzo, Eindhoven - NL): Dead. Probably bad storage.

5/19/2017 - jkoenen wrote:

Pomerol battle (Restaurant Zarzo, Eindhoven - NL): Corked to the max...

2/10/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Still intact. But it's too ashy and bitter for me.

Better balance and more suppleness on day 2.
89 -> 91

2/5/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Had several bottles of this wine in the past 5 years.
And this one is easily the best.
Gorgeously rich and pure on the nose: black cherries, blueberry pancakes, blackberry preserve.
This all echoes on the palate and some well dosed pinches of caramel, cocoa, coffee and toast take the wine to another level. Just enough acidity to give it some fraicheur: soft and ripe tannines backing up the long and incessant finish.
Totally beautiful.

2/4/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Wow. Great.
Opulent, rich, verging to Beerenauslese, yet very well balan ed and refreshing.
From a 0,375l.

2/4/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Lovely. Crystalline and quite delicate.
Nose is a little shy and bland.
With the marvelous 2008 in mind, I had slightly higher expectations.

1/28/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Still very much alive. Fresh, balanced, distinguished. Love it.

1/26/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Gorgeous wine which is drinking beautifully right now.

1/20/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Fill was 4 cm below cork, which was soaked - all the way through.
Palate kinda muted, clipped finish.
Suboptimal bottle.

1/16/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Good, yet not very 'special'.
Paired it with Ottolenghi's Orzo Puttanesca.

1/14/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Bery nice, yet still somewhat tannic and sturdy.
Last april we savored a bottle of this wine during a memorable tasting in a certain Léognan kitchen and I remember that bottle as more generous, hedonistic and polished.

1/13/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Finally, this wine got into the zone.
The savory austerity and rugged masculinity melted into the wine to reveal a lovely balanced (and maybe even elegant) beauty.

1/2/2024 - jkoenen wrote:

Still quite purple in colour and fruit. Whiffs of baking slices, flowers, menthol and warm pastry as well.
Excellent balance, very easy to like. Not overly complex nor deep, yet highly enjoyable!

12/28/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

Quite stubborn after pop-n-pour.
Black olive, ink and coffee grounds.
Check tomorrow whether balance is restored.

After 3 days, black fruit emerged, and balance was restored indeed. Up a notch.

12/25/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

What a bang for the buck..!
So much quality and typicité for an under-10€ bottle.
Just great.

12/25/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

From magnum.

3/30/2014 - jkoenen wrote:

Sweet, roasted bellpepper, very traditional in style, outrageous freshness. Togni always delivers..!

12/31/2013 - jkoenen wrote:

A slightly off-vintage, but Togni reigns as ever!
God, this is drinking great right now.... Perfectly ripe and mature, juicy cherry-blackberry sorbet, deppened by delicious nuances of black olive, smoke, damp earth and cedar.
Glowing with quality AND promise....
WOTW.

12/17/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

Still fresh, very good quality, yet not the complexity of the best vintages.

12/15/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

Relatively smooth and juicy. Not rustic, tannic or freal (yet?).
I quite like it.

11/27/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

This is really good!
Beautiful mixture of traditional Bdx secondary aromatics, powdery tannines, supporting refreshing acidity and modern-day fruit purity and cleanliness.
Wonderful wine.

11/24/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

2007 Rhones drying out? Not this one!
Wonderfully balanced and complex, this oozes luxurious notes of cassis and blackberries, classy leather, brown spices, smoked ham, pinches of black pepper and sandalwood. Juicy, fresh, classic hedonism.
Marvelous.

11/23/2023 - jkoenen wrote:

This golden oldie is still rocking!