Matthew Cohen

9.7

Nose is inky. Some blackberry.

Palate is juicy blackberry fruit. Some graphite. A bit straightforward on open. Let’s see where this goes.

As this opens, silky and elegant. More floral on the nose. Lilacs. Graphite. Lovely. Palate is so silky. Wow.

Wine totally changes in 45 minutes.

75 minutes in nose approaches god status. Massive layering and complexity. Palate is Gods silk juice. Wow. InsertSuperlatives wow.

Buy this. Buy as much as you can

Fass selections — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose has that elite blasting pfalz minerality. Some lemon flower perfume. Lovely.

Plate is more gods lemon soda. Good minerality. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Hugh O'Riordan

9.5

This 2013 is a phenomenal wine. It will age but if decanted will improve . Fruit forward, sweet tannin and long finish. Nectar of the gods. — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

A very interesting inadvertent experiment. I left this in a styrofoam case in my garage. It was there for almost 3 months. The garage hits 90 during the day.

Any rate the wine tastes like the wine.

Go styrofoam !!!!!

Nose is ocean breeze. Lemon flower.

Palate is mineral. Hint of gods lemon soda.

Bought from fass selections. — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Nose is pink grapefruit. Sweet minerals.

Palate is pink grapefruit. Gods lemon soda. Almost sweet. Delicious.

This is drinking more delicious than profound at this point. Nothing wrong with that.

As this opens just this candied river rock made from petrified grapefruit / mosel slate. Sheeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiit. So good. I fucking love Riesling.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

After a disappointing evening wine wise the Germans don’t disappoint.

Nose is deep dense blackberries. Some earth. After 30 minutes it gets some crazy savory depth.

Palate is dense blackberries. Some licorice. Round and a brilliant food wine. Very good deliciousness. After 30 minutes more serious. 1er cru serious. More dense. Gods licorice. Longer.

German pinot is the escape hatch for people priced out of burgundy. Don’t look back.

FWIW I’m having with veal tongue with shallots in a basilicata pepper white wine butter sauce.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

More on the delicious end of the scale on open. Very fruity tangerine. Citrus. Awesomely mineral of course. Nice acidity. Lovely nose. As it opens becoming more serious. Rocky finish. ... fast forward 15 minutes. Ok ... now it’s liable. I’m chewing on rocks in a lemon vineyard. Best lemons ever. Sweet lemons with the acidity of regular lemons. Ok that makes no sense unless you are a lemon geek. Nose is insane. Gods lemon oil. Mad love. Bought from Fass Selections. — 6 years ago

with Lyle

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose has lovely cherry flower.

Fantastic. Bright blueberry and cherry fruit.

Brighter and less dark fruit than other years. No big licorice presence. Lovely texture. His most elegant wine I’ve had.

As this opens like some licorice flower on the finish. Also the nose. But way more licorice flower than the usual ugo licorice.

As it opens more Arledge at sweet licorice on the nose. Just his maximally delicious. Gods Cherry licorice. So sweet and elegant. Wow.

An hour in hitting God wine. Internal aromatics are sick. Sick sick sick. Just palate blasting with cherry flower licorice flower spices. So elegant. Pure. Jeebus.

Almost a very elegant at version of a very intense wine.

Could be much better than a 9.4 with age.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Stunning ethereal aromatics right out of the gates. Divine cherry of the gods. Intermingled with spice. So much minerality of the stoney kind. Just ethereal and elite aromas. Airy and gorgeous. 9.5 on the aromas. Terrific, balanced and textured wine with the most low key concentration ever. Cherries are all early season and even some sour cherry. Tangy. Amazing mouthfeel. What a nose as this opens up. So juicy. Like mega juicy with such awesome purity. Firm tannins and a very long and pure finish. Really gets to all areas of the palate. As it airs I’ll be back. As classic as it gets but also has a wonderful polish to it. — 4 years ago

with Matthew

Jiga Hitorn

9.4

Wine of the gods — 5 years ago