Weine, Schweiz:

89+/100 Punkte Robert Parker September 2017
The 2015 Oberflachs Auf der Mauer has a deep, pure, fine, licorice and dark cherry bouquet with oaky/toasty aromas. On the palate this is a charming, rich, pretty juicy and intense but rather broad and saturating Pinot Noir from a very steep, terraced, warm and dry vineyard. This is pretty rich and powerful but a less exciting Pinot Noir compared to the Rüeget.

18/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung Dezember 2017

93+/100 Punkte Robert Parker, Feb 2019
Due to spring frost, there is 50% less quantity compared to a normal year of Tom Litwan's 2016 Oberflachs Auf der Mauer, a beautifully expressive Pinot Noir with a pure, very fine yet intense cherry bouquet with great freshness and spicy flavors. Silky, coolish and very elegant on the palate, this is a straight, tight, vibrantly fresh and spicy but very delicate red with a dense and tensioned finish and remarkable length. Very good concentration and structure here. Tasted in Zurich, November 2018.

89+/100 Punkte Robert Parker September 2017
The 2015 Oberflachs Auf der Mauer has a deep, pure, fine, licorice and dark cherry bouquet with oaky/toasty aromas. On the palate this is a charming, rich, pretty juicy and intense but rather broad and saturating Pinot Noir from a very steep, terraced, warm and dry vineyard. This is pretty rich and powerful but a less exciting Pinot Noir compared to the Rüeget.

18/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung Dezember 2017

91+/100 Punkte Robert Parker, Feb 2018
Peter Wegelin's single-vineyard 2016 Malanser Blauburgunder Scadena is from very calcareous slate soils from a clos that is located below the Bothmar castle. The wine was aged for 12 months in 80% new barriques and another 12 months in used tonneaux. The bouquet is deep, intensely ripe and fruity as well as toasty but very elegant. The palate is full-bodied, dense and tightly structured, with fine but grippy tannins and good acidity. This clear-cut 2016 needs lots of aeration (or time), but its vitality and tension is promising. Release date: autumn this year. Tasted January 2019.

91+/100 Punkte Robert Parker, Feb 2018
Peter Wegelin's single-vineyard 2016 Malanser Blauburgunder Scadena is from very calcareous slate soils from a clos that is located below the Bothmar castle. The wine was aged for 12 months in 80% new barriques and another 12 months in used tonneaux. The bouquet is deep, intensely ripe and fruity as well as toasty but very elegant. The palate is full-bodied, dense and tightly structured, with fine but grippy tannins and good acidity. This clear-cut 2016 needs lots of aeration (or time), but its vitality and tension is promising. Release date: autumn this year. Tasted January 2019.

91+/100 Punkte Robert Parker Sept 2017
Stäger's 2015 Pinot Noir Barrique from Maienfeld has a dark ruby color and offers a pure, deep, fresh, spicy/flinty and elegant bouquet of ripe dark fruits. Full-bodied, vital and fresh on the palate, with a tiny bit of CO2 and a tight, vital structure as well as lingering minerals and fine tannins, this is a stunningly good wine with a long, complex finish. Still terribly young but vibrant and tight, this 2015 has great aging potential of at least 15 years. Ex-cellar price: 30 CHF. Tasted in Zurich, August 2017.

91/100 Punkte Robert Parker, 29th Sep 2017
The 2014 Malanser Blauburgunder Reserva has a dark purple color and opens with a very toasty but also floral, slatey bouquet of perfectly ripe cherry and dark berry aromas. Full-bodied, ripe and sweet on the silky palate, this is an intense and stunningly powerful Pinot Noir for that difficult vintage. Its fruit is quite developed, but the wine is still very firm and provided with lots of mealy tannins that are still a bit dry on the finish. This is an excellent long-distance runner that should be cellared for another 7-8 years.

18/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung Dezember 2017

88/100 Punkte Robert Parker September 2017
The 2015 Osterfingen Oberhallau Blauburgunder Zwaa offers a clear, fresh, fruit-intense and spicy bouquet of ripe, thick-skinned cherries along with some toasty notes. The full-bodied wine is silky textured, elegant and reveals rich, intense fruit along with a lot of power. The tannins are fine and ripe, the finish very aromatic and concentrated. An impressive but powerful Pinot Noir from Schaffhausen that is sourced from two different plots, one on heavy clay soils, the other on gravels.

17/20 Punkte Vinum Januar/Februar 2018

88/100 Punkte Robert Parker September 2017
The 2015 Osterfingen Oberhallau Blauburgunder Zwaa offers a clear, fresh, fruit-intense and spicy bouquet of ripe, thick-skinned cherries along with some toasty notes. The full-bodied wine is silky textured, elegant and reveals rich, intense fruit along with a lot of power. The tannins are fine and ripe, the finish very aromatic and concentrated. An impressive but powerful Pinot Noir from Schaffhausen that is sourced from two different plots, one on heavy clay soils, the other on gravels.

17/20 Punkte Vinum Januar/Februar 2018

93/100 Punkte Falstaff, Februar 2017
Mittelkräftiges Rot; in der Nase noch verschlossen, Anflug einer Reduktion, dezent rote Beeren, steinig, ein Hauch Holz; im Gaumen präziser, saftiger Auftakt, präsente Säure, seidiges Tannin, mineralische Note, kalkig; langer, noch etwas herber Abgang. «Burgundischer» Pinot Noir, weit von seiner Trinkreife entfernt, für jetzigen Genuss karaffieren.

91/100 Punkte Robert Parker December 2016
A bright and transparent garnet-ruby color dresses the 2014 Thalheim Chalofe Pinot Noir, which is selected from 20- to 45-year-old vines on marl soils. Aged in barriques for 12 months and another six months in stainless steel, the wine opens with a very clear, pure, fresh and reductive bouquet that reminds me of a white Burgundy-though the fruit flavors have a rather red-skinned origin. Silky textured, very pure and fresh, this is a very delicate and finessed Pinot with a silky texture and a filigreed structure. The finish, however, shows tension, firm yet highly fine tannins, as well as the salty purity and refreshing elegance of a Chablis or even Riesling. An amazing wine!

18/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung, April 2017