Selections De La Viña

Sven Klundt

Kastanienbusch Riesling 2016

Nose: petrol and white flowers.

Palate: steely minerals. Expansive. Wow. Huge internal projection.

$30ish for a grand cru vineyard. I need to buy a case a year.

Fass selections
— a month ago

Zach, Neil and 2 others liked this

Weltner

Hoheleite GG Riesling 2022

Nose: intense mineral and yellow flower.

Palate: delicious. Sweet lemon. Mineral. Very bright and juicy.

Fass selections.
— 3 months ago

Vini Barbaglia

Boca Nebbiolo Vespolina 2016

Wow.

Nose: a mere hint of Brett. Blows off. Gorgeous pink roses. Intense.

Palate: perfect sweet cherry fruit. Still a bit grippy tannins. Luscious. Terrific.

Fass selections
— 4 months ago

Andrew, Lyle and 1 other liked this

Savio Soares Selections

Bojo do Luar Luiza Rose Pet Nat

Enjoyed on the one week anniversary of our wedding curbside at Walter’s. — 5 months ago

Martin Müllen

Kröver Letterlay Spätlese** Trocken Mosel Riesling 2016

Nose: Classic aged mosel Riesling. Green apple. Intense mineral.

Palate: age. Dense. Hints of green apple. So mineral. Mountain stream.

Fass selections
— 2 months ago

Zach and Andrew liked this

Lunarossa

Quartara Giffoni Valle Piana Colli di Salerno Fiano 2018

Palate: lovely density. Great acidity. Stone fruits.

Fass selections
— 2 months ago

Ely and Andrew liked this

Gut Hermannsberg

Hermannsberg GG Nahe Riesling 2019

Wow. Just classically awesome gg out of the gate.

Nose: screaming white and yellow flowers. So intense. A dusting of powdered minerals. Perfect. As this opens gods white flower perfume. Intense. Clean. Perfect.

Palate: perfection on the attack. Minerals form yellow flowers and stone fruits. Amazing density. Pulls no punches. Utterly delicious. Perfect balance.

A textbook nahe Riesling.

Honestly it’s so delicious I want to guzzle a bottle with a bag of potato chips. But it’s so good I just want to smell it’s all night.

Fass selections
— 3 months ago

Zach and Andrew liked this

Maison Dampt

Bougros Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2022

Damn this is great.

Nose: gorgeous. Fun. Amazing. Dense. Expensive. Joyous.

Palate: luscious fruit. Not over the top. Mineral. Balanced.

Fass selections.
— 2 months ago

Andrew, Andrew and 1 other liked this

Winzerhof Thörle

Hölle Riesling 2023

HER LA!!!!

Nose: intense petrified lemon. Sweet lemon.

As this opens holy shit! The density on the nose is insane.

Palate: mineral. Sweet lemon. Amazing density. So Thorle holle.

Fass selections.
— 3 months ago

Andrew and Zach liked this

Pierre Brisset

Cuvee Cassaneas Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2021

An utter masterpiece

Nose: white and yellow flowers.

Palate: bright. Elegant citrus. Mineral. The echoes of framing oak. Utterly delicious. The mathematical limit of what you can do with sub 1er cru grapes. Wow ! Silky sweet lemon fruit.

Fass selections
— 5 months ago

Andrew, Zach and 2 others liked this