5/19/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Riedel Burgundy Superleggero
Popped and poured. Beautiful German Spätburgunder at its very best. Lovely complex and multi-layered nose. On the palate silky tannin, beautiful ripe and racy acidity. Dense, deep, wonderful tension, great balance and harmony and with a wonderful delicacy. Long and lingering finish. Wonderful wine! 94-95

5/19/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Speiegelau Definition Universal
Popped and poured. Clear, pale-medium citrus golden color. Clean, very elegant, medium- intense nose that allows for easy identification as a Mosel Riesling: Fine, spicy slate aromas, white peach, vanilla, very youthful and feather light.
Somewhere between medium-dry and medium sweet, perfectly balanced by the medium+, ripe and racy acidity. Dancing on the tongue, light, refreshing. Citrus fruits, lots of slate, some petrol/firn notes. The aromas linger on and on, very elegant and never loud. I really like this style of wine, and with only 8% abv one can easily drink a whole bottle at once. Lots of potential for further development for at least 10+ years. 92-93

5/19/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal.
Clear, medium golden with some copper reflexes. Very deep, floral and fruity nose, really beautiful.
On the palate wonderful pressure and tension. Ripe apple, some smoke, passion fruit, autolytic notes. Rather reductive. A bit sweet, but not disturbing. Very good length. Beautiful. 92-93

5/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
Popped and poured, drunk over multiple days. Clear, deep inky garnet color with some ruby reflexes. Clean, powerful, intense classic Syrah nose. Spices, some floral notes, lactic elements, intense dark fruit, some speck.
On the palate creamy, round, deep and balanced. Lots of dark fruit, some speck, spices, lactic notes. Acidity gives the wine a nice uplift. Creamy mouthfeel. Long, fruity and spicy finish. 93

5/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
Popped and poured, drunk over multiple days. Clear, pale golden color. Clean, pronounced, complex nose with fine herbs, lots of crushed stones, stone fruit. Complex and beautiful.
On the palate very straight . Laser like acidity, precise, beautiful mineral core, good depth and tension. Wonderful length. Potential for another five years at least. 93-94

5/15/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
Popped and poured, drunk over multiple days. Clear, suprisingly deep golden color. Clean, intense, bold, powerful nose with pear, quince, mineral notes. On the palate more like a declassified Auslese, creamy intense, powerful. Very good balance of sweetness and acidity. Complex, long. No need to hurry, potential for at least another decade. 92-93

5/11/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Does not like this wine:

Glass: Zalto Universal
Drunk over multiple days. Solid Petnat with a bit sharp, unbalanced acidity. Drinkable. With the right food certainly a match, but without food nothing I need to repeat. 82-84

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Zalto Universal
Clear, medium deep glowing golden color. Incredibly complex, pronounced nose with fully mature Grünhaus flavours: Elder, tangeringe, fresh herbs. Wonderful perfume!
On the palate this unique combination of complexity, freshness and ease that only fully mature Grünhaus can provide. Wonderful tension, high, ripe and fully integrated acidity, meets finest tangerine peel and bourbon vanilla. Elder, woodruff and cassis are giving additional freshness. Such a tension and weightless power. The finish lasts for 30+ seconds. Amazing wine! 96-97

5/9/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
Clear, medium garnet color. Fine, deep and elegant nose. Lots of dried petals, herbs, fine tobacco, deep and complex.
On the palate beautiful ripe and high acidity, fine tannin, very elegant. Fine red fruit, dried petals, salty mineral notes, fresh herbs, underbrush and tobacco. Very elegant and fine, also very juicy and joyful. Long, lingering finish. Barolo at its full peak! 94

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Powerful US Chardonnay. Very well made, for lovers of US Big Block V8 cars. I prefer more the classic elegance of Burgundy. 92-93

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. You feel the warm vintage. Certainly complex, but way too fat and without energy. Lacks acidity. Obviously immortal, but it won't get any better. 90

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Medium intense, fully developed nose with a nice blend of mature notes, brioche, nuts, anise, yeast and some floral notes.
On the palate with perfect pressure on the front of the palate, but unfortunately that vanishes when it reaches the mid palate. Fine mousseux, good acidity. Very good Champagne at its peak. 90-91

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Clear, deep purple, inky color. Deep, dark fruity and spicy nose. On the palate very deep and dense, extremly concentraled, lots of extract sweetness, creamy, lots of fruit and spices. Very powerful and long. Certainly very well made, probably a bit too much of everything :) 93+

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, deep garnet color. Fine, spicy, complex nose with fine tobacco, very elegant, american oak and vanilla.
On the palate fine, spicy, high, well integrated acidity, fine tannin, elegant, deep and long. Beautiful wine! 93

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Ok, a bit warm and stewed, good spicyness, nice texture, good length. 89-90

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, deep ruby color. Nose with massive red and black fruit, white pepper, some lactic notes. Deep.
On the palate round, creamy, lots of fruit, white pepper, dense, deep and long with a bright future ahead. 92-93+

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, medium garnet color. Fine nose, underbrush, petals, milk chocolate. Quite nice.
On the palate a bit more elegant than the Monvigliero, warm, round. A crowd pleaser in any way. Good length. 90-91

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, medium garnet color. Fine nose, some fine tobacco, dried petals. On the palate warm, clearly Nebbiolo, fine, powerful tannin, high acidity, not overly complex or deep, good length. 90

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, deep ruby color. Obviously young, a bit simple, hot, lacks tension and energy. Medium length. 87

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, deep golden color. Fine, ripe nose with some honey, bees wax, yeasty notes. On the palate fully mature, deep, some tertiary flavours, round, bone dry, good length. Full peak. 91-92

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
Tasted double blind. Clear, deep garnet color. Powerful, fruity and deep nose with lots of vanilla and a bit stewed fruit.
On the palate warm, stewed fruit, fine vanilla, a bit rough, powdery tannin, deep. Medium length. A bit too broad for me. 87-88

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
From Magnum. Clear, pale golden color. Beautiful complex, fresh, fruity and deep nose.
On the palate fresh, rather lean, very elegant, great mineral core, wonderful phenolic grip and very long. Not at its full peak. 93+

5/8/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Best bottle (Belsers Restaurant, Nürtingen): Glass: Spiegelau Definition Universal
From DMG. Clear, pale golden color. Fine, refreshing and fruity nose. Almost no signs of brioche or yeast.
On the palate fine mousseux, lively acidity, very fresh, lots of yellow fruit, very dense and elegant. Very good length. Beautiful Champagne not even at its full peak. 92-93

5/4/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Dinner with friends (Restaurant Bachofer, Wailingen): Glass: Schott Zwiesel Burgundy
Popped and poured. Beautiful ruby brilliant color. Nose and palate typical German/Austrian Spätburgunder. Vanilla, quite one dimensional, clear fruit, not much depth and tension, rather short finish. If I had purchased the whole bottle for almost 170 EUR at the Restaurant I would have freaked out. This is a solid 20-30 EUR Pinot, nothing more, nothing less. 87-88

5/4/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Dinner with friends (Restaurant Bachofer, Wailingen): Glass: Gabriel Standard.
Popped and poured. Medium golden color. Warm, deep, zesty nose. On the palate very dense, juicy, noticeable residual sugar, but legally dry. Warm fruit, some noticeable oak, zests. Very deep, dense, good balance, good length. Not yet at its full peak. 92+

5/4/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Dinner with friends (Restaurant Bachofer, Wailingen): Glass: Gabriel Standard
Popped and poured. Nice nose, starting to fully develop. Precise, dry, cool, lean, not the usual Wachau style. Very mineral with a good length. 91-92

5/3/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
Popped and poured, drunk over three days. Clear, youthful lemon color. Expressive, stony nose, with some fine tobacco leaves. Deep, fine and beautiful. On the palate dry, enormous pressure, vibrant and with great tension and energy. Lots of crushed stones, fruit is in the background. Very balanced and deep. Very long. Still young, but way more open than my last bottle. It is already truly great, but will get even better! 2017 is a huge success for Keller. Wait 5-10+ years and it will be a perfect wine. 96++

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Very fresh and fine beautiful nose. Silky texture, wonderful fruit. Elegance an balance, very long. Great!

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Green, herbaceous notes, very tart, dense and young. Needs quite some time to develop. Will drink my bottle in a decade.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Cool, fine, elegant, timeless, complex and super long. Wonderful wine!

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Does not like this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Not much to add to my previous note. Very well made, but too much of everything. Not joyful at all.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. What a surprise! After the great burgundies this evening the Grange felt like C9dP. Nose was not as expressive as expected. Still very young. Needs time or decent decant.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Beautiful wine for sure, but not as exiting and remarkable as my previous Perrot. First world problem in today’s amazing lineup .

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Very fresh and young, lots of cherries, a bit bold and warm, powerful, long. Very good.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Cool, precise, elegant. Very nice tension and energy, long. Needs probably another decade.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. 2020 late release. Cool, elegant, very fine, precise. Got better every minute. Finish was very long and fine, but not as multi layered as expected. Great experience, thank you, Sensei.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Beautiful nose. Very fine and elegant palate, round, floral and charming. Oxidative style, but very fresh and lively. Long!

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind, decanted. From 0,75 bottle. Probably not the best bottle, nose not that expressive. On the palate classic Yquem elegance and length, but not the usual tension. Nevertheless very joyful 👍

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Screw cap. Beautiful intense nose wit lots of ripe lemon, yuzu, mineral notes. Some rubber notes that vanished with time. On the palate still fresh an with a high ripe acidity and surprisingly few botrytis notes. Very nice and joyful.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Surprisingly young, a bit freaky, mineral, dense. Nice, but not my favorite wine style.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Total opposite to the Fahn. Lean, precise, mineral, tension, good length. Very good and with great potential.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Quite massive and bold. More new world than Puligny, but very nice.

4/27/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

Mystery wine evening (@Private location): *** only for my memory, no detailed note or rating ***
Glass: Spiegelau Definition Bordeaux
Tasted double blind. Solid Champagne, round, charming, not too complex.

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Popped and poured. Amazing wine! Middle Mosel at its best. Weightless power with just enough sweetness, beautiful tension and energy and great length. Wonderful wine! 94-95

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Not as fresh and racy as my last bottle, but nevertheless a beautiful Krug! Nose with fine brioche and caramel, deep and dense. On the palate classic fine and long mousseux, nice tension, classic elegance, long! Danke Robert!!!

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Bottle opened ~10h before the tasting. Deep and dense nose. Not as precise as the Kellerberg and not as broad as the Vinothekenfüllung. Nice! On the palate old-school Wachau at its best. Creamy, salty, dense, some anise, herbs, tropical fruit and rather long. Will stay on this level for a long time! 93

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Bottle opened ~10h before the tasting. Right after opening the unpleasant medicinal notes of past years. 10h later almost completely gone! Very fine, and precise , beautiful mineral core, great texture and balance. Long. Beautiful Kellerberg not at its full peak. 94+

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Bottle opened ~10h before the tasting. Knoll in bold. Not the elegance of the Schütt, but classic, old-school Wachau. Fine, powerful nose. On the palate very powerful, ripe fruit, dense, creamy, good length. 92

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Bottle opened ~10h before the tasting. Clear, medium golden color. Very deep and dense nose with yellow fruit. On the palate creamy and dense, sweet ripe fruit, some nice bitter notes, good length. For me a bit behind the Mann tonight. Maybe still too young? 92

4/20/2024 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:

10 years after Riesling tasting - 2014 (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Glass: Gabriel Universal
Bottle opened ~10h before the tasting. Certainly one of the biggest surprises this evening! What a beautiful elegant Riesling! Nice, fine and elegant nose. Salty, dense and elegant on the palate with a clear, nice fruit and a beautiful length. 93