The Wine That Started the German Pinot Noir Revolution in the US - Enderle & Moll Liaison 2020

 The Cult of Enderle & Moll

 - As Close to Art As Wine Can Get

 - Yes, Their Wines Are Delicious...

 - But in a Totally Different Way from Anything, Anywhere in Germany or Burgundy

 - So Culty, All of Their Single Vinevard Cuvees Have Been Allocated for Years

2020 Enderle & Moll Liaison

 - Nose: Cherries As Ripe As Cherries Can Be without Being Overripe,

 - Spice, a Hint of Licorice, Lilacs, Porcinis and Gunsmoke

 - Powerful & Deep Aromas

 - Palate: Dense, Powerful Incredibly Juicy, Deep, Deep Deep

 - Savory, Amazing Amount of Material

 - Internal Aromatics Are off the Chain

 - On One Level Absurdly Delicious

 - On Another Level, Wine Geek Heaven

 - Utterly Singular

 - E&M Keeps This Affordable Because They Are Good Guys - It Should Cost a Lot More

 - There Is the Stuff of Magic Here

 - Germany's Cros Parantoux or Clos St. Jacques. Never Disappoints. 

 - CASE PRICING

Today is the most important wine we sell. It's the wine that almost single-handedly built the German pinot noir business at Fass Selections. The wine is the 2020 Enderle & Moll Liaison for $27.99 on a 4-pack and $25.99 on a 12 bottle case. First of all I'm going deep ocean hyperbole here and will say this is the greatest QPR in the history of Pinot Noir. It is our best selling red wine for a reason. It cuts across palate and preferences and it takes a rare wine to do that. Everyone loves it. 

The Story

To take the wayback machine back to the first Enderle and Moll offer, we could not give the stuff away. It was a combo of German Pinot's awful reputation and the fact that also we were a young company. But the intrepid and brave few souls that did order the 2011 Liaison loved it and the emails started coming (even though 2011 was a difficult vintage). They saw the same beauty I did in these wines despite a difficult vintage like 2011. People kept buying it but then the 2015 happened which is like the 1982 Bordeaux of German Pinot Noir. It's the vintage that put these wines on the map. That Liason was the start of a new level of quality as well. 15/16/17/18/19 and now 20 are elite wines.

The Wine

Below is my "rushed note" which I will translate in more evocative terms.

"Huge nose. Cherry, bowl of cherries, ripe as anything can ever be ripe without being overripe, palate is dense, intense and juicy with serious velvety, sexy oh so sweet tannins and earth. The level of refinement here is something else. Amazingly delicate all the way through but there is power and depth. Amazing vivid fruit. So intense. This is genius."- Me

That note maybe captures a small part of the wine which is very important of course. Length, fruit, quality of fruit, quality of tannin, freshness which there was an impressive amount of, earthy nuances, refinement and the such. But it does not capture the emotional impact that these Pinot Noirs have. It's truly an emotional experience this wine. On one level, the aromatics are so distinctive, it's almost hard to get a handle on them. I've smelled porcini, gunsmoke, lilac, spice, licorice and other things I couldn't even identify. I guess the poetry of it is that every vintage is like smelling something amazing for the first time. Like the first time you smelled a rose or a truffle. It's almost like creating new childhood memories, except it's as an adult.

It is almost hard to comprehend how this can be so filigreed, elegant, beautiful, and of such high quality for so little money. The fact that there is something like this that exists in the world is a wonder in itself. I'm not talking just wine. The 2020 Liason is a take your breath away wine and life experience. I did not expect these wines to impact me like this. Florian is a genius of the highest degree and his collection of 2020’s are his magnum opus and an amazing follow up this his genius 2019’s. These could be better than the epic 2015s. I think they are and so does Florian.

For those of you who have had these wines, 2020 is a vintage to go really heavy on.  

The Story

For those of you who do not know the story, this winery is so small, popular, and culty that their top wines are sold out ... forever. They appear on secret lists in Germany's top restaurants shown to top customers. And our small allocations are presold to the original buyers from when we opened. But the Liaison is so good, you shouldn't feel too badly.

This is semi limited depending on how the list reacts. I have some reserved but act fast. I'm taking a case for myself. I will not give it up as I missed out last time because you bought so much of it.

2020 Enderle & Moll Liaison Pinot Noir - $29.99

($111.96 4-Pack, $311.88 12 bottle Case {$25.99}) (LIMITED)