Ely Cohn

9.1

Has some fight, bite, and spice. Dark persona, firmly structured with a core of sandy salinity, a little weight and tannic tension. Wild sour green strawberries, unripe raspberries, cedar lining.

Reserved, but punchy. — 9 days ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Settled in. The exuberant Riesling fruit settled down. I am not sure. Preferred this wine when young. More later. Grown on granite in Durbach a little village on the slope of the black forest. Stonefruit, hint peach, lemon. — 3 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Classic Austrian red nose with dark fruit (plums!) and a pinch of allspice & cloves.
Medium bodied, nicely balanced and with a juicy tannic frame filled by ripe plums & cherries. Good depth & nice purity. Plus a long finish. What’s not to like? — 7 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Unreal florality and richness allied with huge acids. So compelling. — 11 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

2nd to last bottle of a long line up in a summer dinner, & showed I thought rather spectacularly between a Petit Chablis & the only red of the night. Paired with local, rich cow cheese- the more vibrant round & traminer- like richness of the varietal came alive as a result. Plus the smoky mineral endive fennel notes made even more clear. Made me rethink how to serve this wine w food, & when. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Grapefruit, sage, black currant aromas. Juicy and so clean. Like, black currant. Long, grapefruit and herbal. — 5 months ago

Joseph Misiti

9.2

delicious but expensive — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I love this wine but I’ll admit it’s niche. Glorious confectionary nose. Clearly too young, as this wine really sings starting at 10, but whatever, I got too much wine to drink them all at the perfect time. Sweet wood, stone fruits and intense minerality. Some pollen as well on the nose. Such a complex nose. But in 5 years watch out! Palate is so elegant and rich but fresh from the minerals and not the acid which is merely solid. Really coats the tongue. So good. The finish is stone fruits, sweet wood and that rock licking feeling on your tongue. Just a killer Grau because it’s got that Laible magic. — a month ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose: elegant yellow fruits.

Palate: “swe t” yellow fruit with big minerals. Very juicy.

Fass selections — 3 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. Like laible on steroids.

Nose: smoky minerals. Like throwing stream water on a hot smooth rock.

Palate : very dense. Intense. Really good. Mineral blast. Perfect lemon.

Lacks the complexity for me to push it into the 9.6+ realm but fantastically delicious.

Fass selections — 5 months ago