Quite a little powerhouse at first pull (actually, “at first unscrew”), the 2019 Kunstler Hochheim Kirchenstuck Großes Gewächs presents as a little spitfire. Boxy and slightly abrasive initially,…
Quite the smooth little operator, this shows lovely balance and cadence of flavor, especially next to a Künstler GG that was a bit spunkier and more angular. The Peter Lauer Kupp Faß 18 GG rolls…
Green citrus, yellow and red apple skin, green apple flesh, light petrol, honey, and wet slate. This is a bit of a trickster in that the front end rolls in with what would seem to be a sweeter…
Still very much in the whiter fruit spectrum, with travertine, chalk, white melon rind, crunchy pear, green apple skin and flesh, white stone fruit, petrol, and lemon pith. Still tight and a bit…
Wonderfully fresh and stylish (the cork was pristine), the 1996 Clos St. Hune is an absolute knockout of a wine. With beautifully resolved flavors of honeyed lime, dehydrated lemon slice, grilled…
Pears and petrol. What more could you ask for?! Lime and lemon pith, yellow and green apple skin, and travertine add interest. A little angular on the finish, but otherwise a fun sipper.
This is in a perfect place tonight, with just the right balance of honeyed sweetness and yellow/white stone fruit, honeydew rind, lemon juice and zest, grapefruit, petrol (subtle), limestone, lime…
This thing was beautiful. Same notes as September 2024. Pours a super cool neon yellow green hue. The wood is nicely integrated and the succulent fruit is framed perfectly with subtle hints of petrol…
Petrol, lime, burnt lemon, lamp oil, nectarine (yellow/orange flesh), poached pear, pineapple rind, and olive oil. The seductive-yet-lively lime note repeats on the finish. Pleasantly waxy and a bit…
Some might say all bubbles are the same, and it shan't not matter where the wine doth came; but Riesling spritz, with its lemon and its lime is better when still and picked at its prime. Cuz if this…
Refreshing and fun, with a nice delineation of flavors that provide a finer-boned frame of chalk and limestone that make for keen focus with the higher riding yellow and green citrus, green apple,…
Pours a neon green-yellow. A phenomenal showing, with exquisitely balanced notes of lychee, black salt rock, grilled lemon peel, lemon and lime zest, limestone, honeydew, and hints of petrol, flint,…
Compared to the more apple-lemon profile of the 2021, this 2020 leans more toward the lime/Sprite spectrum, with petrol and grapefruit elements bringing up the rear of the delivery. Finishes with…
Beautifully focused and direct, with a chiseled posture that still gives healthy doses of chalk-laced lime and lemon pith and juice, lychee, honeydew, and a hint of petrol. Finishes with a wet pumice…
Lime skin, citrus pith, white quartz, honeydew rind, and hints of sea spray notes make for an accessible enough delivery of flavor, but with a limited and primary execution overall; everything here…
Green apple skin and flesh, dried mango, lemon rind, and slight petrol notes make for a youthful presentation of driven and vibrating flavors. The acid is beautifully honed and framed here without…
Pretty wild stuff here. Recently on the heels of a Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune, I was instantly reminded of its hyper-vivacious display of limestone, prickly pear margarita, petrol, and Maldon…
On day one, this was pretty torqued up and launching all sorts of wet limestone and chalk. Petrol and salt follow, with a hyper chiseled profile that demands a generation in the cellar. Linear,…
