Meyer-Näkel Walporzheim Kräuterberg Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr A rich style, but it works really well, with nice spicy structure. 94/100īurggarten Walporzheim Kräuterberg Spätburgunder 2018 AhrĬoncentrated and finely spiced with nice intensity to the warm cherry and berry fruits. There’s a depth to this wine, which shows nice intensity. Some toasty, slightly tarry oak framing here to the focused but generous red berry and cherry fruit. Meyer-Näkel Ahrweiler Silberberg Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr There’s a grainy structure here, with some well integrated oak. Jean Stodden Ahrweiler Rosenthal Spätburgunder 2018 Ahrįinely aromatic with nice spicy framing to the taut red fruits. There’s some liqueur-like sweetness here with a bit of spice, too. Very pretty and textural with lovely red cherry fruits. Adeneuer Ahrweiler Rosenthal Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr Such a pretty, expressive wine, showing a friendly face but also some seriousness. Well structured and really attractive with a bit of grip. This has lovely density to the bright berry and cherry fruit. 93/100ĭeutzerhof Neuenahr Kirchtürmchen Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr Kreuzberg Neuenahr Schieferlay Spätburgunder 2018 Ahrįine and expressive with some upfront red cherry fruit, a bit of lushness, and a sour cherry finish. Kreuzberg Ahrweiler Silberberg Spätburgunder 2018 AhrĪ really pretty, expressive with with some sour cherry, fine spices and sufficient structure to back up the fleshy fruit. Good concentration and weight here, with the emphasis on the fruit. Very assured: this has sweet, ripe-but-focused cherry and plum fruit with fine structure and some spicy oak framing.

Meyer-Näkel Neuenahr Sonnenberg Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr There’s some spicy framing, and the sour cherry finish is interspersed with some tarry oak hints. Very lively, with pure, sweet fruit and a touch of sweet and sour character. Kreuzberg Neuenahr Sonnenberg Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr There’s a lovely grainy, grippy structure hiding under the fruit. This is taut, concentrated and well structured, but shows lovely floral raspberry and red cherry fruit with some generosity. Jean Stodden Neuenahr Sonnenberg Spätburgunder 2018 Ahr There’s nice depth to this wine, which shows exuberant, just-ripe fruit and good tannin and acidity. AHR SPÄTBURGUNDERĭeutzerhof Heimersheim Landskrone Spätburgunder 2018 Ahrīrightly focused with lovely crunchy, pure raspberry fruit with good acidity and structure. This extensive tasting was part of the VDP tasting in Wiesbaden, and these wines are all Grosses Gewachs from VDP member wineries (there’s an explanation of what this all means here). Three regions have traditionally excelled: Baden, Württemberg and the Ahr (where it’s the main grape), but as this tasting showed, good examples are coming from across the country. With 11800 hectares of Spätburgunder (the German name for the variety), it makes up 11% of Germany’s vineyard. It’s the country with the third highest plantings of this variety, which is thought to have been grown here since the 4th century. Germany is one of the Pinot Noir hotspots.

Hailing from Bourgogne in France, it’s hard for people not to compare Pinot Noir grown elsewhere with red Burgundy, but fortunately this is now getting less common as other regions become more confident with this variety. Pinot Noir is one of the undisputably great grape varieties, but until recently it only grew well in a few limited locations.

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