GERMANY : BADEN Pinot Noir
Severn Goodwin
Annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine. (Notes this year were avoided, but scores are honest.)
Annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine. (Notes this year were avoided, but scores are honest.)
9.1Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
Huge ripeness. Gorgeous acidity. Gorgeous freshness. Very mineral. So juicy and invigorating!
Huge ripeness. Gorgeous acidity. Gorgeous freshness. Very mineral. So juicy and invigorating!
9.4Pinotman /// Andreas
Beautiful wine mellowed out! Touch volatile acid which blows off fast. 13.5%. Seems ripe. Plums on the nose. Plums, strawberries, touch cherries, orange zest. Quite rich and big for E&M. Perfect! Sweet Pinot fruit. I would drink up this vintage. 2020 was the second warmest year in Germany since 1881 and it shows! I don’t expect this wine to further improve or last a decade. It is great now.
Beautiful wine mellowed out! Touch volatile acid which blows off fast. 13.5%. Seems ripe. Plums on the nose. Plums, strawberries, touch cherries, orange zest. Quite rich and big for E&M. Perfect! Sweet Pinot fruit. I would drink up this vintage. 2020 was the second warmest year in Germany since 1881 and it shows! I don’t expect this wine to further improve or last a decade. It is great now.
9.3Ely Cohn
2020 is one of my favorite versions of Liaison. Mildly masculine, soft like wrinkle free satin sheets. Also pulpy and viscous with a roux-like foundation. It's a textural wine. Smells like dried cedar dust and cherry and punchy acetone. Full of flavor. A blend of marooned macerated yogurt cup strawberries and cherry prune juice.
2020 is one of my favorite versions of Liaison. Mildly masculine, soft like wrinkle free satin sheets. Also pulpy and viscous with a roux-like foundation. It's a textural wine. Smells like dried cedar dust and cherry and punchy acetone. Full of flavor. A blend of marooned macerated yogurt cup strawberries and cherry prune juice.
9.1Robert Brown
Quite good and fun to try. Good w food, bright. Would drink again. Helen’s.
Quite good and fun to try. Good w food, bright. Would drink again. Helen’s.
8.8Ely Cohn
I like Liason in all shapes and sizes and 2020 has a lot to say without any pointy angles. It's the one with a heavier hand, in cloudy maroon velvet sweats. Brighter and overt, the loyalists might miss some delicacy. That familiar natty nose, with rolling perfumed volatility and stemmy, woodsy notes. Textured, syrupped, candied sweet cherry and rosemary for a mixed cocktail.
I like Liason in all shapes and sizes and 2020 has a lot to say without any pointy angles. It's the one with a heavier hand, in cloudy maroon velvet sweats. Brighter and overt, the loyalists might miss some delicacy. That familiar natty nose, with rolling perfumed volatility and stemmy, woodsy notes. Textured, syrupped, candied sweet cherry and rosemary for a mixed cocktail.
9.2Bridget Meagher
Bar Spero 2020
Bar Spero 2020
9.0Pooneet K
Really delicious. Wasn’t sure what to expect at this stage, have others in storage for some evolution but this was wonderful tonight. Opened the bottle 7 hours before but no decant and it was very giving. Somewhat pale in the glass but so much red fruit on the nose and the palate. Almost feels slightly carbonic in terms of how it is expressing but I don’t think it actually is. Incredible length and freshness on the finish - great acid. Excellent pairing with a Tuscan style roast chicken and mushrooms.
Really delicious. Wasn’t sure what to expect at this stage, have others in storage for some evolution but this was wonderful tonight. Opened the bottle 7 hours before but no decant and it was very giving. Somewhat pale in the glass but so much red fruit on the nose and the palate. Almost feels slightly carbonic in terms of how it is expressing but I don’t think it actually is. Incredible length and freshness on the finish - great acid. Excellent pairing with a Tuscan style roast chicken and mushrooms.
9.3John Knudsen
Much better than the last bottle I had. Pronounced tart cherry fruit profile, nice acid with some nice tannins. Quite good. 6/23
Much better than the last bottle I had. Pronounced tart cherry fruit profile, nice acid with some nice tannins. Quite good. 6/23
9.2Dan
Bright cherry, more dark and meat notes than a burgundy but somehow also bright fruits. Great balance.
Bright cherry, more dark and meat notes than a burgundy but somehow also bright fruits. Great balance.
9.2Location
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