Community Tasting Notes 7

• MrOctoberfest Likes this wine:

  December 28, 2022 - This is like a German Cote Rotie. Smoky like Lagavulin, but less intense. I would bet that most wine drinkers would find this disgusting or unbalanced, but I find it intriguing.
  
  This reminds me of the first time I had aged Syrah, which was a grape I had previously not liked. When I had a 1985 Guigal Cornas, I was mesmerized. Far from perfect, it was just fascinating. So is this.

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 30, 2022 - Splash decanted and served with grilled steaks. This was a light, bright, ruby color. There is a distinct old style burg air to this wine. Modest in alcohol and seems a bit under-ripe. Definitely cool climate/vintage. Good acidity but lacking in fruit a bit and quite mineral dominant. None of which is a surprise given the source of the grapes used. Seemed thin trexturally and short. It just didn’t seem quite as well balanced as other Spatburgunders I have had from Josef Walter, though certainly a pleasant accompaniment to the meal.

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• Aravind Asok wrote: flawed

  November 9, 2020 - Huh, could not be more different from my previous btls: this tastes like a lot like a very pyrazine-infected 04 burg. The stems(?) are overdone, and this smells like dead bugs. On the palate: good acidity, wild strawberry but a touch metallic and stemmy. Different barrel than other batches?
  
  Ok, revision: this btl is just tainted. Almost undrinkable with more time open.

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• 99glasses wrote: 90 points

  May 31, 2020 - Beautiful sweet cherry fruit, dusty tannins. lovely aromatics that, if anything improved on day two.

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• Aravind Asok wrote:

  January 11, 2020 - Lovely again. Beautiful mix of stem inclusion, well-judged oak. On the nose: not as green as my previous bottle was at first: loads of sweet wild strawberry. Lovely on the palate, with excellent depth and more wild strawberry and a touch of herbs. Soft tannin on the finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Josef Walter
• Varietal Spätburgunder
• Designation "J"
• Vineyard Hundsrück
• Country Germany
• Region Franken
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• Pending Delivery 3 (6%)
• In Cellars 17 (32%)
• Consumed 33 (62%)

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