2011 Friedrich Becker Spätburgunder
Community Tasting Note
Erikjay Likes this wine:
89 Points
Friday, November 15, 2013 - Similar to the 2010, perhaps lacking it's floral character. Lovely wine, great drinkability. The 'simpler' bottlings seem to get shorter time in barrel, which is nice.
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Comment posted by egonx:
7/22/2014 10:59:00 AM - Thanks for your points. I just want to add that this wine is the only Spätburgunder from Becker who has not been in a barrel at all.
Comment posted by Soteriologist:
5/19/2015 6:38:00 PM - According to my sources, it did have 14 months in the barrel - which also is not really that short at all.
Comment posted by egonx:
5/19/2015 11:17:00 PM - I was mistaken. My source was from the weingut itself but I must have misunderstood. The information I can find online says the wine has been matured in large bottis (i.e. not small barrels). At the weingut I got explained to me that the difference between the Spätburgunder and the Spätburgunder "B" was that the later had been on small oak-barrels while the other not had been. I interpreted this as it had not seen wood at all which clearly is not the case.
In 2 months I will go there again and this time and try to understand better. I love the wines.
Comment posted by Soteriologist:
5/20/2015 3:01:00 AM - Thanks for the explanation, Egon ! And since all I know is what the retailers report (can't see any detailed explanation on the Weingut's website), may I ask you to report back here after you have clarified that ? This conversation sparked my curiosity.
Sounds like I would prefer this over the "B" version then. Generally it seems to me that I like Spätburgunder/Pinot Noir in the varietal's pure typicity and with little or no wood influence. If I am going to have a lot of oak, vanilla and tobacco in the aromas, I would probably rather have a tempranillo or some high extract sun-drenched variety.
I am looking forward to opening a bottle of this tonight and will likely leave a TN here. Cheers !
Comment posted by egonx:
5/20/2015 12:16:00 PM - I just read on the bottle. And opened it. =D
Vierzehn monatige Reifung in grosen und kleinen Eichenfässern.
I will go and stand in a corner and drown my sorrows with this wine.
Comment posted by Soteriologist:
5/20/2015 2:56:00 PM - What sorrows ? *Hug* I will drown mine as well though. My bottle says the same as yours. The wine is decanting as I write this - can't wait to sip on it. I will probably leave one of my amateurish TNs here in an hour or two, but it will develop over the days to come and just be a first draught.