94/100 PP
"The Feiler’s 2005 Ruster Ausbruch Essenz – also from Chardonnay and Welschriesling – smells of honey, candied grapefruit rind, spiced apple jelly, and caramel. For all of it...
94/100 PP
"The Feiler’s 2005 Ruster Ausbruch Essenz – also from Chardonnay and Welschriesling – smells of honey, candied grapefruit rind, spiced apple jelly, and caramel. For all of it...
91/100 vinous
"Medium yellow-green. The nose melds apple, spicy tobacco, inviting vegetal nuances and a discreet hint of banana. The crisp green apple flavor carries onto the palate, whe...
89+/100 PP
"A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, this is a relatively big 2005 and somewhat larger than usual for Chasse-Spleen. The wine offers fairly high ta...
93/100 PP
"Very intense apple, tropical fruit as well as lemon and orange oil aromas raise from the glass of the straw-yellow colored 2005 Riesling Grand Cru Kastelberg. Rich, concentr...
91/100 PP
"The Humbrechts’ 2006 Gewurztraminer Goldert Vendange Tardive smells of peat, celery seed, and tidal salt-flats. Creamy in texture and flavored with cashew paste and carameli...
91/100 PP
"Another “best ever” performance, the Grand-Puy-Ducasse is made in a charming style for a 2005 Pauillac. This deep ruby-hued, very concentrated, precocious, showy effort disp...
95/100 PP
"The 2005 Prado Enea Gran Reserva spends 36-months in oak, nine months in new oak after which it is racked into American oak that is “semi-new” (i.e. a new barrel that is “br...
96-98/100 Falstaff
94-96/100 PP
"The 2005 Gruner Veltliner Smaragd Kellerberg (tasted from cask), smells unusually sweetly of snap pea, ripe apricot, and strawberry jam, w...