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Friedrich Becker's top wines are very expensive (for a German red wine) and difficult to obtain. After the sensational 2018 Pinot Noir Heydenreich and a recommendation from a friend for 2019 Pinot Noir Heydenreich and 2019 Pinot Noir La Belle Vue, we took advantage of a rare opportunity and bought all three top wines.
We taste Barolo 2019 from Sandrone and Altare, Gattinara from Nervi and a Pinot Noir from Friedrich Becker.
This time there are Burgundy Grand Cru - Clos Vougeot and Charmes Chambertin.
1997 was a great vintage, but also a hot one. Not all Nebbiolo have held up well.
We have from Juris 2007 Pinot Noir different vineyards and a 2016 Barolo Cannubi.
Certainly, there are more great Blaufränkisch in Austria than in Würtemberg, where the grape variety is called Lemberger. But there are more and more. In previous vintages, Schnaitmann's Fellbacher Lämmler was almost always the best Lemberger, but the other winemakers have caught up. Compared to top Spätburgunder from Germany, Lembergers are still a bargain for the quality.
There is a Brunello Cerretalto and Barolo from the great 2016 and 2019 vintages. The new Barolo vintages have such perfect tannins that they can be drunk with pleasure even young.
Besides Saffredi, we have top Riesling from Peter-Jakob Kühn and Robert Weil.
Today we taste a Belle Epoque as well as Nebbiolo from the 2019 vintage.
After the vacation, we return to old habits and taste great wines.
Wines are from Alphone Mellot, Francois Villard, Charles Joguet, Bartolo Mascarello and Conterno-Fantino.
Sauvignon Blanc from Von Winning and Silvaner from Klaus Keller.
We have Roederer Cristal, a Spanish Orange wine, an awesome Pinot Noir and a Burgundy.
The Chardonnay Bussiador, together with Gaia & Rey, is one of the best Chardonnays in Italy. We have it this time, together with an Arneis Spumante.
It is boring to always drink only German wines with the top grape varieties Riesling and Pinot Noir. Therefore, this time we have Silvaner and Weissburgunder (=Pinot Blanc).
Timorasso is a white grape variety in Piedmont and in great demand right now. There is a lot of information on the website timorasso.de. We taste the top wine from Roagna.
We also taste the first Barolo from the 2019 vintage.
This time we have wines from the Rhone, Tuscany, Palatinate and Würtemberg.
This time it is Deiss, Vietti, a semi-sweet from Georgia und a sweet Madiran.
Today's wines are Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Pieropan Soave and Chardonnay from Piedmont.
We just returned from a fantastic wine trip from Bordeaux, organized by Armin Diel (www.armindiel.com). Therefore, we have immediately tasted a wine from the travel program, Château Canon-La-Gaffeliere. And also Chardonnays from Bernhard Koch, which are among the top German Chardonnays. Weingut Bernhard Koch from the Palatinate is not so well known, but makes sensational Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, which belong to the top of Germany and are also very durable.
Two of the best sparklings from Germany and a truly great Pinot Noir - also from Germany.
The new Kistler Chardonnays 2020 from the mailing list just arrived. Both wines can be drunk now. But cellaring will reward more complexity and finesse.
We have two 1964 wines, a Barolo and a Bordeaux, as well as the 1994 Orion Old Vines and a fantastic sweet wine experience.
Today we have Rheinhessen and Rheingau - Klaus Keller with his best white-labeled Riesling and Weingut Krone with two excellent Pinot Noir.
Hildegard seems to be a Chardonnay, but it is not. As a comparison, a great Chardonnay from Aubert.
Garage de Papa is perhaps the best wine from Israel at the moment. Bernhard Koch makes fantastic Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the Palatinate, but is not yet as well known despite the high quality.
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