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2012 Andreas Laible Riesling Achat is drinking close to peak. The wine has softened dramatically since I last tried it 4 years ago and shows white peach, spring water, intense minerality and hints of sea salt and nutmeg. Amazing stuff and I am inching more and more into the camp of those who believe trocken Riesling needs to be aged. Based on my current experiences, I find age 6-10 to be the sweet spot (depending on the quality of the wine).
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2012 Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir Buntsandstein just blows me away. Beautiful nose of black tea, green tobacco leaf, cinnamon, tree bark and pine tar. On the palate, this is all about strawberry, boysenberry, black tea and a touch of leather. Stunning intensity on the finish despite a very opaque, light ruby color. Chambolle-like texture. One of the very best Fass Selections imports. Stunner.
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2013 Weltner Rödelseer Schwanleite Sylvaner Trocken “Alte Reben” is a stunner of a wine. I served it with some baked Texas Redfish in lemon butter sauce, fresh corn and sauteed escarole and it was fantastic. Granny smith apple, white peach and white pepper on the palate. Quite robust and can stand up to some very flavorful foods.
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2015 Juliane Eller Alsheim Spätburgunder Juwel is all about the fresh strawberry and red cherry fruit with a Darjeeling black tea note, earth and a green tobacco note on the finish. Lovely wine that will pair with lots of foods. The fruit is sweeter than in 2014 and shows slightly less acid. It is a rounder, less Burgundian style, IMO, yet still incredibly fun to drink.
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2010 Josef Walter Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg Spätburgunder trocken last night with dinner at Fabi + Rosi was off the charts. Red cherry and raspberry, crushed leaves, tree bark and earth. Very lithe and elegant yet very powerful on the finish. Always amazing how Herr Walter manages to balance the elegance and power in these wines like he does.
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2015 Sven Klundt Birkweiler Kastanienbusch Riesling is another success from the Klundt stable. It is really young…and I mean REALLY young. What stands out is the white peach fruit that is framed by bracing acidity. And the bone-dry-ness and sheer weight of the fruit being serious. It has palate presence in spades. Ultimately, this needs time to settle down and will reward patience. But there can be no doubt that this is a truly great wine in the making.
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2016 Juliane Eller Weissburgunder Juwel grabs you by the neck, slaps you in the face and leaves you in shock with your mouth agape after the first sip. This might be one of the most laser focused and delineated whites I have had in a long time. Razor sharp acidity and vivid minerality are the stars and sweet white peach fruit is the support cast. For anyone thinking Germany is a one trick Riesling pony…they should try this and it will change their preconceived notions. Buy all you can because it is priced very fairly (still). Seriously. @juwel_weine created magic in a bottle with this.
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2014 Sven Klundt Birkweiler Kastanienbusch Pinot Noir just blows me away. Sven Klundt is such a genius. The wine is incredibly fragrant with earthy mushroom and raspberry notes and a palate that screams sour cherry, spices like cardamom and cinnamon and a sappy finish for days. This isn’t just great Spätburgunder, this is an emotional rollercoaster. Fass Selections sells a lot of Spätburgunder but this might be one of my very favorites. More nuanced than Möbitz, more powerful than Enderle Moll or Josef Walter and more complex than Ziereisen. In terms of balance, only Juliane Eller is in the same category among the Fass Selection wines for me. Mind. Boggled.
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2008 Später-Veit Spätburgunder “P” is a brilliant wine. If I served this blind and told people it was Chambolle, they would buy it…that’s how good this is. It has beautiful red fruit, minerality and laser focused acidity and spice on the finish. At age 9, this is firing on all cylinders. After trying this, I have to agree with @grapeylyle that the Mosel is prime real Estate for the future great Spätburgunders of Germany. Stunning.
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2009 Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier Kirchenstück Spätburgunder GG is such a great wine…at age 8, it is still a puppy. Seriously tannic and backward, this just kept shape shifting for days and even after 3 days, it kept getting better. Cherry and spice is bouncing out of the glass and the length of this is really special. Of all the Spätburgunder I have bought from Fass Selections , this is the one that I believe has the longest ageing potential. I mean this isn’t drinking even near peak…maybe a 20-30 year wine. The perfect food pairing for this would be a nice backstrap of venison or some wild boar. Unfortunately my last bottle and I don’t remember Lyle offering this after that first offer I bought.
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2015 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Riesling Federspiel Terrassen is a solid wine for the money. It was $15 at Costco here in Austin and shows a pale color and has lemon, juicy nectarine, chalky mineral and faint hints of juniperberry on the palate. Terrific stuff from start to finish. The finish itself is bone dry and mighty persistent…just how I like it.
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2015 Weingut Gold Cabernet Sauvignon Großheppacher. I really want to like this. I have tried it multiple times now and no matter how, when and how many times I try, it just doesn’t grow on me. Not that there is anything obviously wrong with it…it just feels too one-dimensional and frankly rough around the edges (almost rustic) and with a shrill and wild kind of acidity. One of the VERY few wines in the Fass portfolio that I just don’t like.
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2009 Josef Walter Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg Frühburgunder “J” trocken. I’m baaack! And with a beauty to boot. If you drink this and aren’t blown away, I’d be surprised. For a 7 year old early ripening Pinot Noir, this has immense power and precision. Clear cherry/ruby red color with just a touch of bricking around the rim. Elegant and silky texture elegance in spades. But it does have that tell-tale Southern Germany Pinot Noir flavor that I commonly think of as venison with lingonberry compote. Just awesome.
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2014 Juliane Eller Alsheim Spätburgunder Juwel. This is SO awesome. This is a somewhat atypical Spätburgunder in that it really does remind one more of Burgundy than German Spät. Super finessed raspberry fruit, lemon zest, forest floor and towering structure and acid. Completely translucent ruby red color. This may come across a little shrill to some right now because the acid still needs to settle just a touch, but this wine shows just how amazing a wine maker Juliane Eller is. She captured that terroir without any distractions. In the context of German Spaetburgunder, I like this much better than the similarly lithe Enderle & Moll Liaison. In terms of Burgundy, this reminds me of a villages Volnay. Stunner.
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