romo

9.3

A fine filigree of place showing off precise flavors. Decant is best. — 6 months ago

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9.8

The 2019 Vieux Château Certan was picked from September 23 after light showers the previous day. "We dared to add some Cabernet Sauvignon in 2019, which gives complexity," Alexandre Thienpont remarks, "but the Cabernet was 'killed' in 2020." It has a much more discrete bouquet than the 2018, unfolding with truffle-tinged black fruit. There are fewer marmalade scents than I noticed a couple of years ago, but there is absolutely stunning delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins, like a cousin of the superlative 2016 in many ways, but it may be silkier towards the finish. Elegant yet paradoxically intense, this is VCC at full flight. And it's only on its opening pages! Tasted at the VCC vertical in Etikhove, Belgium. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2024)
— 2 years ago

Big Wave Dave

8.9

Meh, esp for the price. Delicate. Filigree red fruit. Light to Med bodied. — 3 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.4

Explosive, super expressive nose. Burgundian. Nutty, mushroomy, savoury notes on the nose. Powerful dark fruited spicy core. But slinks across the palate with Burgundian weight. delicate and filigree. Tapestry. Yes!. — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

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9.6

@Delectable Wine this the Huhnerberg Auslese **. Thanks!

Wow. Young but lots going on. Unreal clarity and filigree. But nose seems quiet. Wild mint. So young. So rich, so ripe, so honeyed, so young. I’ll be back. Too hard to really judge. 9.6 for now. — 5 years ago

Daron Watson

9.3

aromas of wild mushrooms, cured meats, cigar box & kretek, wilting violets & potpourri, smudge sticks

pastels, aerated kirsch, bruised blueberries, soft black licorice, bordering on pain grille with the vein of acid surviving through the finish

like antique liquid filigree — 5 years ago

Alexander Vadas

9.4

Filigree, minerals and gorgeous nose. It’s delicacy and minerality were profound — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

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9.7

I adore this wine as there is nothing like it in Germany or the wine world at large. One foot in the Cote de Beaune, one foot in Saulheim and one foot somewhere else. Nose is so giving and intense. Some toasty wood, but minerals blaring underneath, and just gorgeous limestone minerality but what stands out is the absolute purity aromatically and on the palate. Seductive and rich but oh my god the purity is out of this world. So fine, so elegant, and so nimble. The combo of richness/decadence and nimbleness allied also the most filigree one can imagine makes this a knockout. This is just profound. Finish is endless and this is at once delicate and rich. This wine is a contradiction that works. This is so elegant, so delicate and the controlled richness is out of this world. — 9 months ago

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9.6

The 2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a very elegant bouquet of red berry fruit, briar, crushed stone and rose petal, and is, so it turns out, Very Rousseau-like in style. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins, a silver bead of acidity and plenty of energy, with wonderful tension and verve toward the finish. This is a Charmes-Chambertin with great pedigree and will give many years of drinking pleasure. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, December 2023)
— 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

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9.4

Citrus explosion on the nose. Such clarity and depth. The vividness of the citrus is stunning. Blood orange, grapefruit, tangelo, pink grapefruit and more. Awesome mineral depth and so much slate. Palate is bone dry and skeletal with forceful minerality and stunning purity. Delicate and playful. So pure and wispy. Lovely hit of opulence in the mid palate and perfect acid balance. Luscious on the finish and really the acid is not high, nor low, just perfect. Very complex and elegant. The minerality is at once forceful but also playful. There is citrus on the palate and such filigree. Steffensberg is always one of the most mineral wines ever. — 4 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.8

Jaw dropping length, purity, elegance, and filigree. Tremendous weightlessness allied with massive flavors that felt like looking through a kaleidoscope orchard and fruits, flint-slate like minerality, luscious acids that buffer everything in this wine perfectly. — 5 years ago

John Wayne Ma

10

210320週六老婆作菜請兩位小學同學帶酒和甜點同聚。
1778 在 Pauilac 北邊 St. Estèphe 開滿小花的山坡建立，所以取名Montrose的二級酒莊。
June. 2016 Robert Parker 給1989年這瓶滿分100，並稱其為 80 年代 Bordeaux 前5名！
65% Cabernet Sauvignon
25% Merlot
10% Cabernet Franc

到2030年都適飲，同學阿達本想過10年再品嚐，想人生無常、又被同學小琳拱了下、就先喝先贏了。

一開瓶的味道輕柔、不像是32歲的酒，但還是有陳年Cab 的香味，丹寧...filigree
30' 香味變黑梅味、丹寧益加柔順
60' 黑梅香更淡，口味回甘
90’ 香味回到淡cab，酸甜口感well balance
150’ 餘韻猶存 — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2011 | Three times a love statement, 💓 Riesling spätlese 💓 Fritz Haag 💓 Brauneberger Juffer | my night cap | awesome balance with 💥 between sweet and acidity | Turkish delight in smell | absolute topwine very reliable and filigree Riesling — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

No formal notes as of yet. Just a glass with dinner. Insane energy, minerality and depth. But so filigree and nimble. Just insane. — a year ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

Wow. A wine of stunning purity. Needs a 45 minute decant at a minimum.

Nose muted lilacs. As this opens perfect pinot fruit.

Palate: utterly incredibly pure early season cherries. Incredibly well made. As this opens some more lipstick and joy. Pure mountain air in a bottle. So elegant. Pure filigree.

Expansive internal aromatics. Majestic. Intensely packed florals.

Palate coating finish

Fass selections — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Checking in on the 2016. Nose is all olive. Bacon as well. Super granite and also feral and primal. Wow. Gorgeous developmental. Some gravy. So meaty. So olivey. So N. Rhone. Classic. Palate is ripe, rich and chiseled in the 16 style. Lean and gorgeous filigree. Good depth, fresheners and impressive mid palate amplitude. Tannins clamp down initially but will mellow out. Juicy and very long. Superb. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

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9.4

This is the Gold Capsule. The classic style. Gorgeous nose of ripe green apples, slate and apricot. Gorgeous depth and purity. Salty as well. Palate is just so good. Rich, energetic and with lovely apple and apricot fruit along with top notch finesse. Finished salty and slatey with building energy. Still needs time to open but so good. So luscious and just perfectly balanced. Such pure fruit. Fully realized.

After a few hours this has more prominent acidity and just wonderful filigree and terrific structure. — 4 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.0

The worst house in the best street. Pedigree is showing. Burgundian character. Filigree; without the body or structure of their other cuvees. Pass for $45. — 5 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

More delicate and filigree than Wombat. Traditional chablis profile - citrus, some mineral and spice from oak. Linear and focused with strong acid spine. — 6 years ago

Daron Watson

9.3

golden straw filigree ~ nose of radiant apple/pear/peach orchard with blossom flowers ~ comes across rich w baking spices yet with a swath of salinity cutting through! — 7 years ago