Probstey Spätburgunder

Young.

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.