Eric Urbani

9.0

An excellent Paso Valdiguié, unfined, unfiltered, using native yeast and 100% carbonic maceration. 492 cases produced. Best served slightly chilled. 12% ABV. — 24 days ago

Stephanie Cain

8.9

Pepper and limestone on the nose. Light and zesty. Low tannin, high acid. — 3 years ago

David Kline

9.5

Aromas of gingerbread, apricot, cut red apples, lemon pith, tea biscuit and caramel. What a smooth and amazingly deft whiskey on entry; lifting off the palate like a smoldering Phoenix immolating in slow-mo as it becomes engulfed in various smokes layering endlessly outward in its bourgeoning expansion. It evokes congnac’s finest offerings, showing mixed apple and baked orchard fruits and complex spice and pastries, but cask choices leave no doubt to its whiskey-ness. All the nobility, but with the sinewy strength of a seasoned warrior. #scotch #whiskey #whisky #macallan #No4 #HighlandWhiskey — 7 years ago

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Matthew Cohen

9.2

N: chenin

P: delicious. Good fruit. Balanced. — 6 days ago

Turd Ferguson

8.9

Definitely feels like a slightly challenging, cooler year. Less outward fruit and complexity, but still good extraction for a blowfish from Australia. Moric is a master. — a year ago

David Kline

9.1

All celebration in an ebulliently uplifting, white, cloud wall. Huge fruit cup of cherry and peach, pear and strawberry bounces from the glass, wafting outward. A funkiness evokes ripest dragonfruit, and yes, guava. Sourest lemon-orange combo pushes forward in a citrus hammer, with tart tartaric energy evoking lime and hybrid citrus fruits at various stages of ripeness. Tangy and sour while still maintaining the vestiges of a skin-and-all kumquat sweetness. Finishes dry, and acid-refreshing. — 6 years ago

Costas Constantinides

9.0

This is great. Super light, fruit. Drinks like a Morgon kind of — 6 months ago

Rachel Black

9.0

Carbonic maceration? Fun but not really worth $40 — 3 years ago

Lee Lightfoot

9.2

Tremendous acidity, bright fresh mineral lemon. Only 50 cases and from a vineyard 4 miles from the ocean in Avila beach — 4 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.5

Tasted at a private seminar in SF with importer Terry Theise and it is showing amazingly well. Yet another example of the power of Riesling. This nearly 14-year-old Spätlese is still a toddler, not even approaching a tertiary stage any time soon. Golden straw color with great clarity, green reflections. Massive nose of smoke, slate, passion fruit, apricot and melon all coated in honey. The aromatics attack your palate from 8 inches away. 100 g/l RS, but impeccably balanced. This is what I adore about the great sweet Rieslings- the inherent sweetness lends wonderful body and texture and carries all the intensity of the fruit all the way through the finish which I find to be amazingly persistent. Loving the spice character in the mid palate and the lovely floral quality up front. This is a masterful Riesling from a top Nahe producer, and Meddersheimer is arguably one the top vineyards in this subregion. The mosaic of soil types here lend the wines a great deal of nuance and complexity and all different ripeness levels, but this is my favorite Spätlese from the Nahe at the present moment due to its outward and flamboyant nature. Very versatile food wine with great individual character. — 8 years ago