German Wines

Join me for another night at UWS favorite, Nice Matin. For this one we will be drinking all German wines. 1 white, 1 Rose (might be Orange) and 3 red Pinot Noirs. Why German wines? Honestly, I forgot I had these and would now like to try some of them!

They are located on the corner of W. 79th and Amsterdam Ave.

Here is a link to their menu:
Nice Matin Dinner Menu

** The cost of this event is $29 and is for the cost of the wines.

NOTE: Meetup has started charging a "Partner Fee" that is above and in addition to the listed price of the event. It is annoying and confusing, but there is nothing I can do about it. It comes to approximately $4 more for each RSVP. You will see this charge when you complete your rsvp and pay for the event. MEETUP+ members are exempt from this charge.

Just a reminder of our usual rules:

You will also have to pay the cost of your food (plus 33% for tax and tip). You will be expected to order at least 2 dishes (an appetizer and a main, or main and dessert) to help support the restaurant.

Please read and understand the group's cancellation policy. If you take spot, then cancel, and no one else takes the spot, you will not receive a refund or credit. No refunds or credits will be given for no-shows or late cancellations (unless someone else takes your spot). All cancellations are subject to a $6 service fee.

The Wines (notes will be distributed at the dinner):
NV Sven Enderle Pinot Noir Alea ($20) - I'm not sure if this is a Rose, or an Orange wine, but I had a bottle last June and liked it. Here is what the importer said, "s a remarkable oddity, the likes of which you will never see again for several reasons. Named after Sven's niece Alea, it came about as a product of circumstance, not measured intentionality. The end result is something unforeseen that is totally compelling, unique and tasty, where two disparate elements combine to make something much more interesting than either would yield standing alone. From the 2022 vintage, Sven made a longer skin contact Pinot Gris wine (roughly 8 or 9 days), aka an orange wine. Following the wine's evolution, he was never really pleased/thrilled with the wine, so he continued to wait to see if it would evolve in a promising direction with time and patience. A year later, during the 2023 harvest, there were a lot of Pinot Noir grapes that were not tip top ideal for making his red wines. Given such circumstances, he decided to make a rosé wine with the Pinot Noir fruit that didn't make the cut, as you can make perfectly good and quaffable rose wine with mostly free run juice and limited skin contact. He then got a bit experimental and tried to blend a small amount of the 2022 Pinot Gris orange wine with the juicy juiciness of the 2023 Pinot Noir rosé, and really liked the interplay/complexity of the combination. He went whole hog and blended all of it together, which is how this totally tasty oddity was born. There is both aromatic and flavor complexity from the Pinot Gris, as well as some textural chewy appeal that orange wines allow for, as well as the juiciness and perfume of the Pinot Noir rosé component."

2024 Weingut Max Ferd. Richter Trocken Alter Satz ($28) - Mosel Fine Wines 92 points, ""The 2023er Alter Satz, as it is referred to on the consumer label, is a bone-dry wine (with less than 1 g/l of residual sugar) fermented and aged without adding SO2 in Fuder from a field blend of ancient grape varieties including Gelber Kleinberger, Gelber Orleans, Grüner Adelfränkisch, Grünfrankisch, Weisser Heunisch, Weisser Traminer, and Riesling, which the Estate planted in the Burgener Hasenläufer. It offers a very fruity nose made of pear, peach, starfruit, and a hint of apricot, all wrapped in nice notes of herbs and whipped cream. The wine is nicely juicy and hugely precise on the palate, where the fruity elements add a smooth side to the experience. The finish is engaging, focused, and quite persistent. This is a beautiful dry wine which has all the elements of aromatic grape varieties with an added peppery side. 2025-2033"

2022 Weingut Max Ferd. Richter Pinot Noir Reserve ($53) - From the importer, "It is very easily among the single finest Pinot Noirs i've tasted from the Mosel, and would certainly delight and surprise many in a blind tasting. Its sense of sappy concentration, dark red/light blue fruits, silkiness, zero "try to hard" German rusticity, depth, and seamlessness are a pure delight.
I don't believe that he has shown it to any critics (I can't find any press), as he makes so little. If I had to guess, they would give it 93-94 points, clearly a solid A level performance."

2022 Sven Enderle Lemberger ($35) - From the importer, "..Lemberger, aka Blaufrankisch, is another underappreciated varietal that has tremendous potential for offering generous and highly qualitative yields, with wines that are super appetitzing, digest, and intense. I only tasted this "basic" Lemberger, from one of his principal grape growing families outside of Heilbronn. In an impressively deep, dark blue fruited vein with a positively silky texture and zero traces of anything rustic whatsoever, this wine had me instantly salivating to drink this with abandon. Just how much flavor intensity there is at just 12% of alcohol boggles the mind."

2022 Sven Enderle Pinot Noir ($35) - From the importer, "This is sourced from 5 different sources from different parts of Baden, an example of harmonized complexity of disparate elements that combine to make a wonderfully complete whole. 12% alcohol. How such flavor intensity is possible from just 12% alcohol is plain magical. Fwiw, the Michelin starred, Trittenheim based restaurant Wein & Tafelhaus has been blowing through this wine, one hundred + bottles at time, with fantastic returns."