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Firm aroma of ripe black berries with nutty and hints of tobacco wood spice, a little Mediterranean herbs, red currant leaves and black olives. Ripe, juicy dark fruit, bitter chocolate aromas and coffee, a little long pepper on the palate, some acid bite and present, yet fine tannin, a little bitter chocolate, also juniper tones, persistent, still undeveloped, very good, juicy and spicy finish.
Synonym (also Blauer Lemberger) for the grape variety Blaufränkisch; see there.
Germany, or rather the area that is now part of it, has a wine culture that is over two thousand years old. But even before that, imported wine was drunk, as evidenced by a Greek clay wine bottle...
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