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We are currently on vacation and will be back on January 13th. We wish you a Happy New Year.
This year we tasted 805 wines: We had 3 perfect wines with full points (20/20) and 24 wines that were almost perfect (19.5-19.8/20).
1971 is one of Piedmont's vintages of the century. We taste Barolo and Barbaresco from this vintage by Giacomo Borgogno and Damilano. Together with Enrico Serafino, these are producers who make reliable aged wines.
Yes, Bordeaux 2000 is a great vintage with wines that can be stored for a long time in the old Bordeaux style.
Today we will taste Roero Arneis, Chardonnay from Tasmania and Sauvignon Blanc from Steiermark.
Riesling is the ideal grape variety if you are interested in fresh and complex white wines. Now there are two great character wines.
With its 2010 vintage, the Heymann-Löwenstein winery has produced some truly unique wines with sensational density and minerality. The high acidity means that the residual sweetness is barely noticeable. It's time to taste this vintage again.
A tasty alternative to the Grand Marque champagnes from the supermarket are the delicious champagnes from smaller producers – both in terms of price and quality. Here are our recommendations.
Let's try two high-end Pinot Noir from Armand Rousseau and Friedrich Becker.
This time, there are two interesting wines from Piedmont and, as a highlight, a Dunn Howell Mountain.
2021 was an sensational vintage for Barolo. Now we have some Barolo from Sandrone and Scavino.
Sauvignon Blanc from Germany is getting better and better. Let's taste the winners of the "Falstaff Sauvignon Blanc Trophy 2025".
It's always good to have champagne as an aperitif. And we're trying a top-quality Etna wine.
There is a rarity from Switzerland, a mature Californian wine, and a Bordeaux.
In addition to the Kaiserstuhl winery, Karl-Heinz Johner also runs a winery in New Zealand. We degustate the top wines.
It is little known, but there is also a Sancerre AOC for red wines. These are made from 100% Pinot Noir. Some of these wines are excellent to great, and here we are tasting one from the excellent 2014 vintage.
The Dunn wines from the 1980s and 1990s are sensational. We taste four vintages from the peak period.
Perhaps Monfortino doesn't hold up quite as well as other classic Barolo such as Serafino, Damilano and Scarpa - or so we thought. That's why we're testing two perfect bottles from 1971 and 1955.
The wines this time are the Krug Rosé and an older Jackass Hill from Martinelli.
It's unbelievable how good mature Marsala all' Uovo (60 years and more) tastes. Chocolate, herbs and Amerettini Morbidi are part of the aroma.
Domaine Belargus is a young winery on the Loire, founded in 2018. It produces only Chenin Blanc at the highest level and the new vintage is now available. As a reference for Chenin Blanc, there is a Saumur Brézé from Domaine Guiberteau. Let's taste it.
This time we have a fascinating Chardonnay from Martinelli. This wine needs a lot of air and gets better and better over several days.
More and more Cabernet Franc is being cultivated in Tuscany. Here is a comparison with Cabernet Franc from the Loire.
With the summer temperatures, you also need a sparkling wine and a rose. So we have a champagne, a Nebbiolo rose and a Cornas.
Today we have some more Barolo 2021 and an amazing Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame from 2008.
Today there are two real favorite wines, a sensational champagne and a great Riesling from the Rheingau.
Today we have a champagne from Marguet, an exotic white wine from the Teutoburger Wald, a mature Caymus Special Selection and a young Rauzan-Segla.
We have already experienced many disappointments from Burgundy. So it's all the nicer now to have a clearly great Burgundy in our glass again. Unfortunately, the price is again very high.
This time we taste the Barolo 2021 from Damilano and a champagne from the Aube.
This time there is a port wine from the great Californian vintage 1974.
This time we have champagne, Chateauneuf du Pape, Riesling from Rheinhessen and a Barbaresco.
This time there is a white wine from Egypt, a Californian Chardonnay and a rare Barolo.
This time we have a beautiful Spätlese from Günther Jauch's winery, one of the best wineries on the Saar.
Charles Heidsieck is one of our favorite champagne houses. It doesn't always have to be the Blanc des Millenaires.
Spätburgunder vs. Pinot Noir: Krone 2008 Assmannshäuser Höllenberg Spätburgunder and Morlet 2019 Côteaux Nobles (Fort Ross Seaview, Sonoma County Pinot Noir).
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