2003 Dernau Pfarrwingert Spätburgunder Auslese trocken, Ahr, Germany

Red berries and sour cherries on the nose, some milk chocolate, animal notes, complex cool mineral notes, Initially voluptuous fruit, ripe strawberries, sweet, very ripe black cherries, some candied pineapple in the background, firmly structured fruit, very compact, with good tannin structure and appetising acidity on the palate, very ripe red berries on an extremely long finish.

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