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Weingut Balthasar Ress
Winery Wines Files 8

2016 Pinot Noir trocken VDP.Gutswein, Caviar, Rheingau, Germany

Tart, ethereal-herbal and somewhat peppery, also slightly smoky scent of red and black berries with a hint of smoke and tobacco. Tart and juicy fruit with some smoky-roasty wood spice and again also ethereal herbs as well as juniper and pepper, fine, quite lively acidity and ripe tannin, persistent, a hint of tobacco, salty mineral hints, very good tart.juicy, quite tight, just a touch drying finish with some warmth and again herbal-vegetable notes. Meanwhile a bit more brittle than before and almost a bit green in its ethereality, but still very good.

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Last reviewed: 15 October, 2022
Type: Rotwein(Red wine)
Quantity: 0.75 L
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Classification: QbA
Sweetness: trocken(dry)
Bottle closure: Screw cap
Maturing: large wood
Variety: Pinot Noir 100%
Registration number: 244924
wein.plus rating: excellent (91 WP)
Last reviewed: 11 October, 2018
Best to drink: 2019-2024+
Editor note: Light nutty oak on the nose, spicy and earthy notes, red and a few black berries, peppery traces, mushrooms, hint of soup greens, cassis and iodine. Ripe, juicy fruit on the palate, nutty oak, some cocoa and a hint of coffee and tobacco, light acid bite, fine, sandy, ripe tannins, light peppery spice, hint of resin, good persistence and substance, tart, salty mineral notes, hint of citrus zests, slightly ethereal spicy notes on a very good, tart, juicy finish. Opens up significantly with aeration.
Synonym for the grape variety Pinot Noir; see there.

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