Probstey Spätburgunder

Big time raspberry spice cake. Decadent aromas with gorgeous limestone and complicating aromas of pulverized rock dust. Big jelly donut vibes. Palate is just stunning. Young and a bit inverted but huge chewy depth, raspberry intensity, black cherry intensity and gorgeous, virile tannins. Juicy and so explosive with tiny berry fruit intensity that is a knockout. So complex and juicy and obviously young but in 3-4 hours this will get to 9.8. I know it will. Amazing acidity and it’s insane how much it’s changed since barrel last summer. My god it’s so juicy and decadent. The fruit clarity is off the charts. Unreal purity and density and so so so god damn juicy.

Deep violets and black cherry. Pungent and so intense. Blackberry flower and black cherry. Pencil lead. Explosive palate and juicy and with velvety and juicy fruit and terrific acids. Long and velvety finish.

Really great showing. No formal notes

Terrific. No forma notes.

Young.

Nose is red cherries, licorice, limestone, woodland berries, wet forest floor and dampen earthy scents. Great floral depth as well. Palate is juicy, clean and ripe. Tannins are significant, pure and velvety but also have a tiny hard edge. Juicy depth of lovely tangy cherries persist on the long finish. Tannins are a bit drying as this airs. I think drink up.

Wow. This nose is psycho. Floral. Volatile aromas. Dirt. Tree bark. So floral. Really floral. Violets. Wow that palate. Sweet fruit. Stunning ripe tannins. Gorgeous. Amazing. Wow. Echoing. Wow. This is absurd. Out of this world finish.

The first whiff you know you’re in the presence of greatness. Soaring, vivid cherry fruit. Just towering in its vividness and intensity. Smokey and just a gobsmack to the nostrils of pure minerality that is just so clear. Just a wow nose. Thorle 19 Pinots hit different. It’s a cherry stank. Tiny berry but also big perfectly ripe berries. This jumps like few noses can. The palate is just elite sweetness with even more elite elegance. This wine floats. No stinging like a bee. Just the butterfly part. The dark cherries just abound on the nose and the palate. Just the best Probstey by miles. And 18 is great! Look at my note! But it’s not this. A heavenly perfume after air. The palate is so complete and the elegance is best I’ve ever had at Thorle. But that fruit is so on point and so clear. Wow is this getting long. Another level. This wine is another level entirely of German Pinot. It gets sweeter, deeper and more elegant. An Asian spice is in the nose now. This is firmly in the Vosne Romanee camp of German Pinot.

Holy moly. This is psychotic. What a nose. Deep, penetrating, wild cherries, forest floor, so so perfumed. An earthy sweetness is just overwhelming. Amazing. So elegant and delicate. Yet so deep and vivid. Best young Probstey Pinot nose ever. Just ridiculous. Palate is sweet, dense and so clear. The clarity on this is bananas. Sweet, silky and super deep. Velvety tannins and so much energy. Terrific wood spice on the nose. Adds so much. Complexity on fleek. Almost painful concentration. Amazing cherries. A literal tiny berry fruit cherry explosion. Genius. Finish is all limestone, sweet cherries and velvet. A masterpiece.

Coiled and nervous. Needs time to shine but all the fruit is on point.