2018 Klingenberg Schloßberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs trocken, Franconia/Franken, Germany

Slightly dried, root-vegetable and mushroomy, delicate bacony nose, black and red berries with cherry aromas, traces of pepper and juniper, celery, some bread crust, roasted onions, tobacco and liquorice. Tart, juicy, very slightly developed fruit with smoky and restrained roasted barrel notes, some tobacco, soup herbs, pepper and hints of juniper, salt and chalk in the background, a certain persistence, a hint of sour cherry, very good, relatively firm finish with tart juice, smoky notes, beetroot and marjoram.

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