Weine

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: The 2022 Larry Hyde & Sons Chardonnay, tasted as a barrel sample, rockets from the glass with intense notes of grapefruit essence, juicy white peaches, and fresh pineapple leading to touches of orange blossoms, candied ginger, and chopped cashews with a hint of honeycomb. The full-bodied palate bursts with concentrated stone and tropical fruit layers, supported by a refreshing backbone and creamy texture, leading to a lingering ginger ale note on the finish of this delicious wine. Planted with the Corton Charlemagne and Old Wente clones on St Georges rootstock, this is one of the last vineyards to be harvested, hence a long hang-time."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: The 2022 Powder House Chardonnay, tasted as a barrel sample, is a bit shy to begin, needing a little shaking to wake up notes of tarte au citron, lime cordial, peach preserves, and baking bread, plus hints of wet slate and sea spray. The full-bodied palate is tense and intense, featuring a crisp backbone to define the citrus and mineral layers, finishing on a lingering marzipan note. This estate vineyard, on Goldridge soils near downtown Forestville, was planted in 2013. There are basically 2 clones, Hyde and Mt Eden, on 420 A & 114 rootstocks, and the row direction is due north."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: The 2022 Chardonnay Lauren Estate was tasted as a barrel sample. Wow - you could just smell this all day, notes of candied orange peel, lemon tart, lime zest, pink grapefruit, and ginger tea emanate from the glass with hints of baker's years, Marcona almonds, and crushed rocks. The full-bodied palate has beautiful tension and so much energy that it vibrates with citrus and mineral layers, finishing with long, lingering ginger and orange peel notes. Lauren Estate, named after Mark Aubert's daughter, is a vineyard planted to four different clones: two old Wente clones (Hyde and Hudson), Mt Eden, and Corton Charlemagne. There are 6 acres here, planted in 1999 on an ancient seabed."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: The 2022 CIX Estate Chardonnay was tasted as a barrel sample. It comes bounding out of the glass with notes of freshly squeezed lemons, Granny Smith apples, freshly shaved ginger, and chalk dust, leading to wafts of coriander seed and white pepper. The full-bodied palate is tight-knit and racy with a chalky undercurrent to the citrus flavors, finishing long and minerally. CIX stands for 109, as this vineyard was called “parcel 109” when Aubert bought it. Planted in 2008 to the Montrachet clone, the berries accumulate flavor very slowly here."

The Wine Advocate: Surrounded by the grands crus Ungeheuer and Jesuitengarten, the Ziegler was a single vineyard until 1971, when it became part of the Ungeheuer. The boulder-rich soils are composed of weathered sandstone, basalt and limestone debris. Now classified as VDP.Erste Lage (1G like Erstes Gewächs), the 2022 Forster Ziegler Riesling Trocken 1G opens with a pure, fresh and refined, rather stony bouquet of bright fruits. Dense and elegant on the palate, this is a lean yet intense and racy, stimulatingly saline and intense-finishing Riesling classic from the Mittelhaardt. Less powerful than Rieslings from Forst normally are, this is a playful and savory dry Riesling with character and tension and a long and salivating finish. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in July 2024."

James Suckling: This magnificent riesling Spatlese combines cool crystalline purity with floral warmth. Very exciting interplay of racy acidity with aromatic grape sweetness and delicate minerality on the medium-bodied palate. The super-long and sleek finish has great stony intensity and mouthwatering freshness that pulls you inexorably back for more of this delicate Saar masterpiece. Great aging potential. Drink or hold."

Auf Bogle werden u.a. folgende Rebsorten verarbeitet: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Merlot, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Pinot Noir, Riesling und Sauvignon Blanc. Weine wie Essential Chardonnay, Essential Red, Old Vine Zinfandel, Phantom, Reserve Chardonnay Clarksburg, Reserve Chardonnay River Ranch oder Reserve Syrah El Dorado Hills sind mittlerweile ein Begriff unter Insidern. Bogle

Vor über 35 Jahren wurde Bodegas GRANBAZÁN in Galicien als Teil eines visionären Weinbauprojekts gegründet. Ziel war es, Weine zu kreieren, die das außergewöhnliche Klima dieser Region perfekt widerspiegeln und einen Albariño von unvergleichlicher Qualität hervorbringen. Als Mitinitiator und Gründungsmitglied der DO Rías Baixas hat sich Bodegas GRANBAZÁN als führender Wegbereiter dieser renommierten Weinregion etabliert. Die Weinberge werden mit größter Sorgfalt bewirtschaftet: Jede Parzelle wird separat geerntet, um den individuellen Bedürfnissen der Trauben während der Weinbereitung optimal gerecht zu werden. Auf der Finca Tremoedo, dem Herzstück des Weinguts etwa 1 km von der Atlantikküste entfernt, wachsen verschiedene Albariño-Klone auf einem facettenreichen Terroir mit unterschiedlichen Höhenlagen und Ausrichtungen. Diese Vielfalt ermöglicht vier einzigartige Interpretationen der Rebsorte – aus ein und demselben Weinberg.

„ …wurde in lediglich 30% französischer Eiche gereift, zeigt aber keinerlei Holz, dafür frische, saftige Chardonnay Aromatik mit Granny Smith, Zitruszeste, Birne und Ananas. Ein absolut toller, saftiger und schmatziger Chardonnay, der so richtig Spaß macht und durch seine tolle Säure irre Frische zeigt, mit Drehverschluss sogar perfekt für Wander- oder Picknickausflüge geeignet ist.“