2014 Duttweiler Kalkberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs trocken, Pfalz, Germany

Light vegetal and herbaceous notes on the nose, red and black berries, touch of root vegetables, prominent earthy notes, whiff of partly dried cherries. Straightforward, fairly firm, partly preserved mixed berry fruit on the palate, some cherries, light toasted oak, some sugar candy, fine sandy tannins, slightly astringent, full-bodied and fairly persistent, hint of tobacco, herbaceous traces, increasingly noticeable dark chocolate with aeration, noticeable warm alcohol, not particularly deep, slightly brittle, light acid bite, very good, tart, slightly sandy finish.

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