2018 Achkarren Schlossberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs, Baden, Germany

Quite firm, still somewhat reductive, slightly smoky and a little tobacco aroma with fresh aromas of more red than black berries with a hint of cherries, floral nuances as well as herbal aromas. Firmly knitted, tart, juicy fruit with slightly smoky wood aromas, some bacon and dried-vegetable to tobacco aromas, chalky-salty minerality in the background, in addition also peppery spice, certain acid bite, present, fine-sandy, still undeveloped tannin, lasting, good depth, almost compact structure, quite complex, very good, firm, tart-juicy and again also somewhat smoky-roasty finish with minerality and spice as well as a breath iodine

Best to drink: 2023-2028+. What our ratings mean