Filigree
Paringa Estate
Robinson Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018
Meh, esp for the price. Delicate. Filigree red fruit. Light to Med bodied. — 2 years ago
Domaine de la Côte Sainte-Epine
Vieilles Vignes St. Joseph Syrah 2016
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
Markus Molitor
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese Riesling 2017
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
Hansruedi Adank
Fläscher Spondis Pinot Noir 2021
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 — a year ago
Martin Müllen
Kröver Steffensberg Spätlese** Trocken Mosel Riesling 2020
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. — 3 years ago
Vieux Château Certan
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
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)
— a year ago
Domaine Armand Rousseau
Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2019
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)
— 2 years ago
Au Bon Climat
"Isabelle" California Pinot Noir 2018
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
Founder Fass Selections
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. — 23 days ago