5/16/2024 - hutch wrote:

This is a tiny bit more advanced than I would like. But it's good. Pretty easy going. Nice red fruits and iron. Very nice.

5/16/2024 - hutch wrote:

This is an easy going rosso. Fresh fruit. Very easy going. Red fruit. This is light and easy. I would like it a lot more at $22-25 but it's good.

5/16/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

This shows a little roundness, I think probably because of the age. Golden yellow color. Fairly rich, but the acidity and richness of the fruit work well with this. It's a nice wine. Very solid. Nice herbal notes.

5/12/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

This is terrific Gruner. Very intense, with classic Gruner notes. Lots of savory mixing with that white and yellow fruit. It's just a really joyful, delightful wine.

5/8/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Ok, this is fun. Very cool climate Syrah. But so tasty. Raspberry, olives, and savory savory savory. Great acidity. This has plenty of fruit. It's just a really nice Cali cool climate Syrah, at a solid price. Thank you Piedrasassi!

5/5/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

This is so fun and delicious. Pure fruit, mostly white. Pears and apples for tree fruits, along with citrus. Bracing, lovely acidity. It's just pure, clean, and delicious.

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Intense aromatics. Big. Like a pit of flavors and textures. It just keeps going. So much here. Rockstar wine!

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): Beautiful aromatics. Apples again. Very intense. Super high acid, laser like, but it moves into a slightly round form. Just a really lovely wine. 93+

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): A bigger wine. Very tense. Some savory notes. Nice acidity. Quite nice with a lot going on. Great.

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): Bottled yesterday. Pretty, with full, rich aromatics. Apples and pears. Round, med+ bodied. Much richer. Lots of fruit. Finishes fresh. I wish this is what people drank instead of PG.

4/23/2024 - hutch wrote:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): There's a stoniness to the nose (or am I thinking about that granite barrel?) Light, and fresh. I richness on the palate that opens up to a brighter mid palate. Very goof. 89+

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): Aged in a granite barrel! Very fresh. Pretty apples on the nose. So much fruit in a good way. Nice texture. Light and delicious. Bottled yesterday. 88+

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): Still somewhat muted aromatics. Veers toward citrus and then broadens on mid palate. A little tighter than previous GV. It's very pretty. There's a greenness here, not in underripe, but in that cool, refreshing perspective. I'm just not sure if I feel like this is a step up from the Satz Viertel.

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): Muted aromatics. On the palate, some bright saltiness. This is elegant. Savory, fresh, and lovely. Not fruit forward at all. Bright acidity makes this super fresh. Very nice Gruner.

4/23/2024 - hutch wrote:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): Very dark color. Heavy, rich aromatics. Not a lot of fruit. I wonder how this will translate, with the lower acidity and the heavier feel of it to so many other roses. It's good, just not the style people are looking for.

4/23/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Weingut Muller Grossmann (Weingut Muller Grossmann): 2019 vintage, disgorged in 2023. Pretty aromatics, and elegant. Strawberries. Small, fine bubbles. Lightly salmon in color. This is a beautiful wine, high quality, and elegant.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Supposedly a so so vintage. This is stunning. So young and beautiful. Complex, rich but with amazing acidity. Just phenomenal. Aged in the winery's cellar, so it's expected to be fresh, but I would have thought this was a couple of years old. A remarkable expression of Riesling, and of wine in general. 95-97

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Cool vintage. But this is a stellar wine. Full and rich. Lovely fruit. Rich and long. So much minerality and honey. 93+

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Rich, yellow fruit. Full bodied and delicious. This is special.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Rich yellow fruit. Full bodied. Lower acidity, but rich and delicious. Lovely texture. Wonderful. 92+

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Fun, interesting aromatics. Herbs and spices. Savory. It's rich and full on the palate, almost not even a white wine. There are tannins here. Really interesting, while delicious as well.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Back to more yellow fruit. Lots of extract, this is also a big wine. Ripe, there's a lot here.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): This is such a big wine right now. It's undoubtedly great, but it's difficult for me to get through at the moment.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Big, rich aromatics. The fruit veers away from yellow into white citrus. It's huge, but still balanced and fresh. Intense, with great acidity. Wonderful wine. 92+

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Fresh, lovely fruit on the nose. Intense. This is a big wine. It needs time. There's a pencil note that another taster pointed out. I want something brighter, but I imagine this will impress with a few years.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Riper than the Durnstein. Yellow apples. This was the crowd favorite, but I missed the energy of the previous wine. This was biggerer but not necessarily betterer. 88-89

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Beautiful red delicious aromatics. So fresh. Wow. Fresh and vibrant. Pretty but that fruit is explosive, and it's shocking because the wine starts off so light on it's feet. Very pretty. 90-91

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Pepper. Richer Aromatics. Lovely old vine Gruner.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Cooler feeling. Still savory. Salty, less yellow fruit. Brighter acidity. I really like this b/c of the freshness. Maybe drink these while you age the riper, more intense wines?

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Intense, more so than the last two wines. Yellow fruit, there's more savory notes here, almost veering toward saline. A nice step up. Lovely wine, and I'm digging the umami here. 90+

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Fruit forward. Yellow fruits. Quite ripe. Full, rich and lots of fruit on the palate. Low-medium acidity. Fine.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Classic GV nose, white pepper. Intensely herbal. Precise. Rich and ripe. Yellow fruit. Very good, but I prefer the fresher, lighter style.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Tegernseerhof (Tegernseerhof): Pretty aromatics. Raspberries and cherries, this is serious and rich. Lots of structure, great acid. A serious rose. This is mostly Pinot Noir with some Zweigelt. Sorry I didn't make a new wine.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Loads of apricots. Unbelievable. Just so much, but the acidity is there. Special stuff.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Lovely fruit. Very intense. Also gets a wow.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Juicy, easy, red berries. Fun bottle of wine.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Very fresh. More linear than the other Riesling, in a good way. Intense and has that wow factor. 92+

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Very ripe fruit. It's beautiful, but I'm these great Riesling's are making me a little nit picky, as I like some of the other ones a little better.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): This is more citrus than the Steinhaus. It really has some textural weight. Very intense, and amazing wine. Gorgeous Riesling. 93+

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Intense red delicious apples. Very bright, this sort of uncoils on the palate and you just enjoy the layers. Wow. 92+

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Red delicious apple on nose. Lovely aromatics. Intense, ripe, dry, quite beautiful. Very nice entry level Riesling.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Intense, lovely aromatics. Very intense on palate. Savory. Did I say intense? Wow, this is so delicious. Struggling... to... describe... just so damn good.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Lots of yellow fruit, almost into corn territory on the nose. Jesus, this is intense though. It really hits you. Finish just keeps going... White pepper, yellow fruit, Lovely, beautiful GV. Silly to say, because this is so good, but I prefer the '21. 92+

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Very bright, fresh aromatics, even as compared to the more recent vintages of the regular bottlings. Intense, explosive flavors. I'd put this up against some Burgundies. It's that stunning. Amazing expression of Gruner. 93+

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Salt and pepper on the nose. Rich, and intense. Yellow fruit. This doesn't have the freshness of the Loisium. It's still terrific though!

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Yellow fruit on the nose, especially as compared to previous wines. Very delicious, and intense. Fuller bodied than regular bottlings. High quality, lovely Gruner. This could age. 90-91

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): More herbal notes than the '23. Turns savory on the palate. Pushes GV in a new direction with the intense savory notes. Lots of structure, but also elegant. Very intense, and this deserves a wow!

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Much more interesting aromatics than the Grunschnabel. Classic Gruner. Nice ripeness, with lots of fruit. A very nice Gruner.

4/22/2024 - hutch wrote:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): Intense Gruner aromatics. Round and ripe. This is fine. It's not very exciting, but serviceable, I suppose.

4/22/2024 - hutch Likes this wine:

Steininger Over Two Days; 4/21/2024-4/22/2024 (Steininger): I guess this is a new wine? This is not a field blend like in Vienna. 50% GV, 25% Riesling, and 25% Weissburgunder. Prerrt, savory aromatics with white flowers and spices. Lovely, with lots of savory notes. Very savory, White fruit. Well balanced. I'd really like this if it's around $20.