Centgrafenberg Trocken Spätburgunder J

Sometimes an older bottle just hits and wow tbh is killing it? Nose is dusty bookshelves, old books, glorious spice and some faint cherry but the story is the palate. Wow. Just perfect. Sensual texture, hit of opulence, great acids and freshness, barely sweet fruit and killer length. What one wants out of an aged wine. Fantastical.

Nose has wild mint, decaying leaves, dark cherry and wonderful freshness. but also high alcohol that comes through on the nose and palate. It’s only 13.5 but it’s showing heat and less focus than 19. Also chestnuts and grilled nuts. Not the best showing.

Insanely complex nose with tea, black cherries, crazy spice and so much earthy, leafy and tree bark complexity. Endless aromatic depth and really penetrates the nostrils. Also intense mineral expression. Wow, so deep and so structured with thick and dense fruit and lot of tannins that are super ripe and deep. So clear and rugged and needs many years of age but has superb fruit and thickness. Love this. Amazing finish and oodles and oodles of cherry fruit.

Terrific.More notes later.

A stunning showing and 16 might be the best vintage ever at Walter. Nose is late season cherries, some framing oak, spice, tobacco, stunning minerality and just endless depth. So floral and complex. I could smell this all day. Smells like elite NSG right now. Palate is just amazing. Ridiculous dark cherry fruit that is so crunchy, fresh and concentrated. Wow this is so precise and succulent. Insane balance and hidden power. What depth and length. Amazing stuff in that it’s so silky and juicy and sweet and the oak is already so well integrated on the palate. This has sexy, velvety tannins and an amazingly long finish. 9.5 now but this will go higher.

Gorgeous nose of violets, deep soppy cherries. some toasty oak well integrated and darker berries as well. A wafting nose. Palate is silky and juicy and much better integrated than last time with insane tiny berry fruit complexity and wonderful purity and freshness. Awesome balance and showing great finesse and class. Great freshness and so linear.

Really showing well. Elegant. Deep.

Lush and energetic. Wonderful mushroom hints. Needs air to open but when it does. Watch out. Sweet wood. Super sweet fruit. Great.

Nose has burning vines, charred black cherry, wet garden soil, decaying leaves and cooled bacon.

Palate has sweet & tart cherries, dried black currant, spicy tannins with granite-like minerality.

Bottled under Stelvin closure, opened for slow oxidation 6H, then decanted 2H, more time appreciated.

Okay, here we go! 13 is amazing in Burgstadt for Pinot. Gorgeous nose, wow. Stunning violets. Just sick sick violets. So expansive, vivid and clean. Unreal spice and has insane breadth. Just so so so good. Not sure when I had last but wow has it improved. Wow. This is some nose. Endless and expansive. 9:5. Wow. What purity, elegance sweetness and depth. A knockout. So balanced and deep. Complex, juicy and ethereal. This is the best non Hundsruck Spätburgunder I’ve ever had from Walter. It’s so sensual and seductive while being seductive, mineral and complex. A staggering bottle.