2018 Heimersheim Landskrone Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs, Ahr, Germany

Astringent, slightly dried vegetable to tobacco and a slightly earthy bouquet of black and red berries with undergrowth notes, a little mushroom and a hint of tar. Ripe, juicy, somewhat warm, partly preserved fruit, crumbly tannin, a little salt in the background, also dried herbs, good persistence, smoky and tarry traces, a little chalk, very good, tart and juicy and again somewhat smoky finish

Best to drink: 2021-2027+. What our ratings mean