Talrain Spätburgunder

Fragrant, sappy, tangy, and minerally. With an hour of air, the nose shows loads of tangy ripe cherry and rhubarb, and lots of nose-tingling limestone dust minerality. Intense but with buoyant acids and tingly minerals, the finish moves from fruit to a nice savory element. Lacking a tad in length but very nice.

Debut vintage of this Pinot from the master. From high elevation iron rich soils in the edge of the Black Forest. Gorgeous nose. Black cherry, some black cherry jelly as well, mineral, floral, pungent, really high toned. Unraveling first 30 minutes. Spectacular. Palate is elegant and juicy, with lovely linearity and purity. Big flavors of black cherry fruit and terrific acidity along with that unique mineral iron taste. Awesome sweetness and sap. So long and pure. This is effing amazing for the price. Wonderful delicacy on the finish and terrific fruit on the mid palate.

Lovely plum flowers and a gorgeous kiss of spice. So good. This guy is a magician. Nice sweet fruit. Ok as this opens its amazing. More savory. Just zen. Were I a winemaker I’d just give up. It would take me a century to understand how he does this. $60/$80 in Burgundy. If you can get wine this well made at that price.

Moving along tonight, we're enjoying a young Spätburgunder after about a 60m decant.

Nose has dark fruits, plum, black cherry, wet iron, dried vine, dry soil, but wow that iron note is distinctive, almost sweet, interesting.

Palate is a little drying, dehydrated cherry, iron and minerally soil. A very long finish for a wine that's evolving more complexity with each sip.

I'm really getting into Baden-based winemakers. This is the premier vintage on this bottle. Future bottles should wait until 2022+

36hr Update: Palate has picked up significantly, bright cherry with a touch of raspberry on the finish. Iron note to the nose did not give up.

This is Ziereisen Talrain Spätburgunder

Village burgundy for half the price. At least.

Serious undervalue. Pommard village ringer.