A private lunch with family (at home): Final bottle. Decanted for 90 minutes and served with Zwiebelrostbraten, together with the Volnay 2011 Carelle sous la Chapelle from Francois Buffet. Compared with the Volnay, the minerality of the Spätburgunder was warmer, but the finish was drying. The Volnay displayed a better balance, but was cooler overall. An interesting comparison and both wines married well with the richness of the dish.
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No time to waste on this wine, so another bottle very soon. It’s a bit more generous than the previous one, and more expressive too (especially on the nose), with a character of smoky bacon, slate, fruit and undergrowth, clearly an Ahr wine from good vineyards, but the palate is on the light side, and the tannins are drying. They made the most of what was available, but the limitations the vintage posed are also pretty clear.
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5/13/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
A private lunch with family (at home): Final bottle. Decanted for 90 minutes and served with Zwiebelrostbraten, together with the Volnay 2011 Carelle sous la Chapelle from Francois Buffet. Compared with the Volnay, the minerality of the Spätburgunder was warmer, but the finish was drying. The Volnay displayed a better balance, but was cooler overall. An interesting comparison and both wines married well with the richness of the dish.
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1/27/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
No time to waste on this wine, so another bottle very soon. It’s a bit more generous than the previous one, and more expressive too (especially on the nose), with a character of smoky bacon, slate, fruit and undergrowth, clearly an Ahr wine from good vineyards, but the palate is on the light side, and the tannins are drying. They made the most of what was available, but the limitations the vintage posed are also pretty clear.
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1/14/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 88 Points
Modest aromatics, pure and well-defined fruit, slender and quite drying on the palate. Not a great vintage for this wine.
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