Selosse Substance Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut NV 0,75 l
Champagne
95 The Wine Advocate: "...sweet as well as toasty sense of nut concentrates; an aura of autumn foliage; decadent lees character; as well as hints of beeswax, toasted buckwheat, peach kernel, smoky black tea, and of course flor..."
100 The Wine Advocate: "...it's a wine that takes time to reveal itself in the glass, and I believe the evolution in bottle will also be very slow. This is a powerful vintage with pungent flavors, amazing intensity and great length. It combines power with elegance. There is great detail with floral aromas, nuanced and finessed, a wine that opens up and doesn't stop changing in the glass...."
100 The Wine Advocate: "...the wine is off-the-charts great, with an opaque bluish/purple color to the rim, an aroma of pen ink, graphite, blackberry and blueberry fruit, a hint of licorice, camphor and incense. The wine is full-bodied, with extraordinary concentration, remarkable equilibrium and noticeable, but sweet, well-integrated tannin. This is a large-scaled Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon..."
Weingut Wittmann Brunnenhäuschen Riesling Grosses Gewächs 2014 0,75 l
Rheinhessen
93-94 The Wine Advocate: "...very intense on the nose, where yeasty lemon flavors and crushed stones are displayed. Very restrained on the pure, fresh and piquant palate with lots of finesse, this dry Riesling reveals a complex old vines intensity and expressive finish as well as a great aging potential..."
95+ The Wine Advocate: "...offering up aromas of cherries, dark berries, cedarwood, rich spices, sweet soil tones and creamy new oak, it's full-bodied, deep and textural, with a lavish attack, notable concentration and plenty of ripe tannin that asserts itself on the youthfully chewy finish..."
Chateau Rayas Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve 2009 0,75 l
Rhone
98 The Wine Advocate: "...dense ruby/purple color is followed by an extraordinary bouquet of framboise, black cherry liqueur intermixed with blacker fruits, licorice and a hint of flowers..."
