2015 Jost & Ziereisen Le Grand Rouge
- Stunning Does Not Even Begin to Describe This
- Nose: Intense, Deep, with Morey Spice
- Palate: Dense, Sappy, Explosive, Brooding
- Grand Cru Quality Texture, Purity, Concentration and Intensity
- Last Few Cases (This Winery Is Selling Out in Europe)
- Reminds Me Most of 2 Grand Crus: Clos de la Roche and Clos Vougeout
- This Wine Costs $90 in Germany - Would Be Well Over $150Through Traditional 3 Tier Stateside ($84.99 in this Offer)
2014 Ziereisen Talrein Spatburgunderfor
- A Ziereisen That You Can Drink Like Liason (Every Day)
- Gobstopperingly Delicious With Sweet, Intense Dark Fruit
- Yet It Has Ziereisen Impossible Complexity and Minerality
- A Unique Wine from Iron Rich Limestone Soils
- Case Pricing ... for a Reason
- Sorry This Is So Close to the Liason Offer but Edel Told Me It Was Almost Sold Out and I Had to Act
- Must Buy for Pinot Lovers, Especially Spatburguder-Heads
I don't often get Biblical. But it's not often I get to be the first store in the US to sell a Grand Cru quality pinot noir. And it's not just any random pinot noir, it's a pinot noir made by one of the top 2 German producers of pinot and his protege. The Germans and Swiss are scooping up the insanely small production as these are incredible world class wines that are taking their rightful place in the constellation. This is a big deal. My fingers are almost tripping over themselves I'm so excited to be writing this offer.
I'm thrilled to offer the Grand Cru style wine today from Jost & Ziereisen which is the 2015 Jost & Ziereisen Le Grand Rouge (Pinot Noir) for $84.99 a bottle on a 3-Pack. This is the Swiss equivalent of the Jaspis Alte Reben and you all know how profound that wine is. This is as profound but it's completely different. Like the difference between a Richebourg and a Corton Bressandes (if I had to pick two random Burgundy Grand Crus out of a hat). But if there was one village that this epic wine reminded me of it was Morey St. Denis and Clos de la Roche and/or Clos Vougeot. Both of these when done correctly have a distinct earthy spice that sets these two Morey Grand Crus apart. The Le Grand has that but with an alpine mountain twist to it. It's quite profound and makes this wine all the more alluring. What a wine. Stunning does not even begin to describe it.
Nose is absurd. Dark fruit, dark end of season black cherries. Bursting from the glass and with that
tell tale Ziereisen fruit purity. Really intense and deep aromas that you can get lost in. So much of that Morey spice I was alluding to earlier. It's hypnotizing. The nose gives off those pungent blasting aromatics like lipstick does. Dense, sappy and just ridiculously explosive palate. This is Grand Cru all the way in texture, purity, concentration and intensity. It's got that urgency. Amazing texture and mouthfeel with tons of dark fruit and spice. The wine is amazingly brooding and has incredible sweet, ripe yet firm tannins and a fierce mineral backbone. It leaves your mouth watering. Stunning levels of power and concentration. The quality of the tannins is something special. So fine. Like silk. This will age 20+ years and probably shouldn't be touched till 2025. What a wine. Here is a LINK to a video of me tasting the wine after it has been open for around 9 hours in my hotel room in Burgundy. This was my first time tasting this wine and I was blown away. Granted I opened it up early in the morning and it was brooding and closed but stacked with unlimited potential. After 9 hours open though it was drinking stunningly. As the video attests to.
The Second Wine - Talrein
We all know that Hanspeter Ziereisen is a genius with Pinot Noir but there has always been
something missing. Not in quality. Ever. I haven't had a Pinot Noir from Hanspeter I can sell for under $25, that drinks like $40-$50 Burgundy Made by a master. Like an E and M Liason or a Thörle Kalkenstein. Both of these I've sold at one point for under $25. That category is rare at Fass Selections because of the moving target of the dollar or in today's case, specific circumstances. The inexpensive wine at Ziereisen that I sell is called the Blauer Spätburgunder and it has a weird aging regimen and comes out after many of the higher end wines. It's like the E and M Basis. Today's wine, is like Ziereisen's Liason. Their missing link. It is a stunning stunning bottle of German Pinot Noir and it is like Germany Meets Gevrey. In this picture below we are in the Talrein vineyard which is 500 meters above sea level and there is a special iron in the soil along with the limestone that gives it its unique characters. It's a vineyard that is literally on the edge of the Black Forest. It's so different than any of Hanspeter's other Pinot Noirs. Just look at all that green and forest, which is an odd place for a vineyard but man is it a world class site.
I am very excited to present the debut vintage of 2014 Ziereisen Talrein Spätburgunder for $26.99 a bottle on a 4-Pack and special off the wall case pricing of $24.99 a 12 bottle case. The wine reminds me of high quality village Gevrey. It has a wild side to it that comes from the iron and the Black Forest plus being so high above sea level. The nose is incredibly mineral and impossibly complex and has an irresistible combo of super mineral aromas and sweet intense vivid and deep black fruit aromas. Like a Gevrey. Meaty and and so juicy. So juicy. It's just so good. Really dark and intense wine. That's the unique quality here. Hanspeter was so exited about showing me this vineyard that we were 15 minutes late for lunch and everybody was waiting there for us before they could eat. It has just mind-boggling freshness and has unreal purity. The wine is metal. Hanspeter must have mentioned the iron in the soil a lot as it's there 3 times in my tasting note. It really explains the unique quality of this wine. It has terrific inner mouth aromas. Long and dissipating finish. When Edel, Hanspeter's wife, sent me the price list my mouth dropped when I saw how inexpensive this wine was. I was sure I'd sell for $37-$43. There is not much left. But I have reserved a decent amount.
2015 Jost & Ziereisen Le Grand - $89.99 ($254.97 3-pack)
(VERY LIMITED)
2014 Ziereisen Talrein Spatburgunder - $28.99
($107.96 4-pack, $299.98 12 bottle case {$24.99!}) (LIMITED)
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