Frighteningly fine
6 September 2023
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Felseneck Spatlese Goldkapsel 2022 expands and redefines the boundaries of quality and fear.
Category: Germany
Beauty and bitch
4 August 2022
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I like to drink Katharina Prum’s juice! Especially her ripe juice from this patch. Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese 2020 from JJ Prum, now made by Katharina Prum now that ‘Shouting’ …
From heaven to hell
15 June 2020
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Last Saturday, The Editor and I met our excellent friend Richard for lunch. He was the first appointment in our social calendar for three months and so it was …
A bargain of stunning quality
3 February 2020
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Really Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett 2018 – Schloss Lieser are not immune to the current fad of just putting just vineyard names on their wines. Fine, if it is …
Elitistreview is fourteen!
4 August 2019
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The first of August was the fourteenth anniversary of my organ Elitistreview – that is a long time! This organ is older than my cat and older than most …
Pinot poles apart
23 October 2018
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Today I am reporting on two 2009 Pinot Noirs. They could hardly come from more different places; one is from the Mosel Valley in Germany and the other from …
Great Koch!
19 August 2018
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Holger Koch has a reputation for making extremely fine Pinot Noir (also known as Spatburgunder in Germany). Nothing can really claim to be extremely fine until it has been …
Pinot heaven and hell
12 August 2018
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Readers of my recent notes will be aware that I cannot afford to buy the fine Burgundies of the type that graced this organ not so many years ago. …
A gift to encourage further mirth
24 February 2018
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I consider myself very lucky to have wallowed this bottle with extravagant jollity. I consider myself very lucky to have some more bottles. Keith Prothero, one of the loveliest …
Happy New Year from team Elitistreview!
3 January 2018
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New Year provided some royal entertainment at Elitistreview Towers. The Editor cooked a starter of garlic butter snails then a tremendous shoulder of lamb supplied by the always excellent …