Grosser Ring
Domaine de Fontsainte
Gris de Gris Corbières Grenache Gris Rosé 2019
Quite fruity on the nose with cantelope, strawberry, pink grapefruit, and maybe a hint of thyme. Lots of juicy fruit on the palate: underripe strawberries, grapefruit, orange peel. Fairly high, zesty acidity makes it very refreshing. Perfect wine to ring in the summer and a good value. — 6 years ago
Château Léoville Barton
Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1998
1998 vintage. Wonderful cedar and cigar box aromas rich elegant flavors w long finish. Perfect way to ring in the new year — 8 years ago
Arterberry Maresh
Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023
How do I say it with grace, poise, and within the bounds of decorum… The Dundee Hills of Oregon are calling to me. In speaking with my work-make Tommy, who has lived in Oregon and has proven to be a more than reliable source of insight concerning every & anything from Oregon: the Dundee Hills have me. Hell I think he’s warned me more than once about their playful nature yet their powerful foundations… add the 2023 Artberry Maresh ‘Dundee Hills” Pinot Noir out of the Willametter Valley to it all. From the start, the ruby color is mesmerising. The nose seems to wake up with every instance of dropping my own within it. The palate is mildly chewy and lush. As it warms in the glass and starts to tell of its true nature, deep notes of hibiscus and bramble-berry that only expand ring true. — 5 months ago
Bishop's Ring
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Really liked this cab. One of the smoothest I’ve tried, bold, not overly fruit forward. — 4 years ago
Meyer Family Vineyards
McLean Creek Road Vineyard Okanagan Valley Chardonnay 2017
Schiavenza
Serralunga Barolo Nebbiolo 2011
A Barolo to ring in the new year. Thick, velvety tannins, soft acids. Lush tar, dried roses up the yazoo, leather, ripe plums, vanilla, cedar, roasted mushrooms, mineral, black tea. From Glass Half Full, Provincetown. — 8 years ago
Jim Olsen
Barbera 2016
White Barbera! This was one of the "fantasy" wines announced by "Superman's Pal' and crowdfunded by us Naked Angels. The result is well worth it. A deep straw color with a ring of orange, this is not overly sweet like a white Zinfandel or white Grenache, but has around the amount of residual sugar one might expect from a Pinot Grigio or dry Riesling. The mouthfeel is slightly creamy with a pleasant orange-pomelo flavor, conveying just enough tartness to balance the sugar. While I enjoyed my first bottle as an afternoon cocktail wine, I am reserving my second
to pair with spicy Asian cuisine. Cheers to Mr. Olsen's "Super" fantasy! — 9 years ago
Sideshow
No. 5 The Ring Master Aussie Dark Red Blend
6.99 lovely! — 5 months ago
Andreas Durst
Grosser Durst Riesling 2021
Very crisp and juicy. Green apple, grapefruit some smokey notes in the palate. Sharp, vibrating and salty acid with long Finish - hell yeah! — 3 years ago
Weingut Günther Steinmetz
Dhroner Grosser Hengelberg Monopollage Reserve Riesling 2020
Just a stunning and unique nose of startling originality. Wild mint, flowers and pollen. Marzipan. Really floral like a flower shop but also the pollen is really there and really unique! Stunning. Deep slate and minerality behind it all. Genius. The vividness and accuracy of the aromas is blowing my mind. 9.9 nose. Just magical. Smells Tolkienesque. My god how elegant this wine is and super fresh. Intense, exploding minerality and endless depth. The acid is perfection for all the wealth of material. Length is stupid long. This glides on the palate. What a mid palate and an almost tannic grip on the finish. This initially is 100% mineral on the palate and I’m curious if it will fruiten up. I know it will. That finish is full of pulverized slate and keeps going and going. Amazing concentration and mouthfeel. The acid is so straight. Doesn’t go up or down, weather stays right down the middle of the plate. I love this when. So unique, delicious and exciting. I’ll be back as it airs out. — 4 years ago
Azienda Agricola Valentini
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Cerasuolo 2009
Give a ring if there's anything else like it as a rose
It mingles with light reds easily, but has the fun part of a fresh rose with the complexity that unfolds over and over
The elegance is somewhere between a Volnay and a Barolo
Cola, raspberries, sweet tobacco, white choc, salted caramel, mou, forest floor, mushroom and slightly grillée
Nearly fizzy when opened
It was worth the wait
A star!! — 5 years ago
Pierre Gimonnet & Fils
Cuvée Cuis 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Delicious way to ring in the new year! Light fruit with a hint if nuttiness. Refreshing and crisp. Discouraged 5/9/2017 — 7 years ago
Maybach Family Vineyards
Amoenus Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Although he’s in the ring with Mayweather..... His legs ain’t shakin! Try to find yourself ringside when this one is poured. — 8 years ago
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
This is flirting with perfection. Just opened and clearly still not fully unfurled, but already an absolute freak show. The nose is a full scene in nature: peach skin, apricot, tangelo, blood orange, Mosel slate, pine forest, a little blueberry, then with air this wild confectionary layer comes in, like a carnival in the forest. Now there is sea-air minerality too, and the whole aromatic field is getting more complete by the minute. The palate is the real astonishment. It has the texture of great white Burgundy, almost Leflaive-like in its glide and polish, but with no oak, no fat, nothing covering the signal. Just purity. Insane purity. The acidity is architectural, giving the wine line, lift, shape, precision and total command. Juicy, sapid, almost tannic on the finish, unbelievably elegant and harmonious. As it opens, the structure starts to dominate, but everything stays cohesive, integrated, and alive. The finish is a mineral blizzard, endless, fanning out for minutes, and still nowhere near where it will be tomorrow. Steinmetz wines are friendly on opening, then they just keep gaining depth, but this is already profound. One of the great dry Mosel Rieslings I have tasted. — 12 hours ago