2021 Mayschoss Mönchberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs trocken, Ahr, Germany

Tart, a little dried-vegetable to tobacco, delicately mushroomy and floral scent of black and red berries with moderate barrel tones and a hint of juniper, dried-floral nuances and pipe tobacco. Almost slender, rather cool, tart fruit, fine sandy, slightly drying tannin and some acid bite, good persistence, salt in the background, some tobacco and tobacco ash, hints of dark ethereal spice, very good, delicately iodine, slightly drying finish that gains juice with air.

Best to drink: 2025-2030+. What our ratings mean