2015 "Alter Satz" Vinum Frankonium Purpureum, Franconia/Franken, Germany

Light toasted notes and some tobacco on the nose, undergrowth and forest floor, ripe, partly dried red bherries, spicy notes and some bacon, preserved cherries, some mushrooms, black pepper and juniper. Clear, firm, polished, ripe, juicy fruit on the palate, again partly dried, herbs and spices and dried flowers, light smoky oak and some bacon, dried mushrooms in the background, fine tannins, delicate acid bite, full-bodied in spite of the moderate alcohol level, some cocoa in the background, sweetish and creamy, some candied nuts on a very good juicy, spicy finish.

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