2019 Walporzheim Kräuterberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs, Ahr, Germany

Slightly toasty and also hinted at bacon aroma of black and red fruits with relatively dark spicy notes, a little preserved cherries, a hint of sooty wood notes and nuts. Quite firmly woven, tart fruit with lots of dark, smoky, toasty, a little bitterish wood spice, present, fine sandy tannin, good persistence, certain warmth, burnt nutty tones, salty hints, not too deep, very good, if again a little bitterish finish.

Best to drink: Mitte 2022 bis 2027+. What our ratings mean