Community Tasting Note

cfrances33 wrote:

Monday, December 3, 2018 - Keller Abtserde Study (plus a few more): Served double-blindish (capsule was exposed to reveal VDP logo) in a Zalto universal. Root / 1024 hPa.

Color is a rusty ruby with a deeper core. Slightly bricking at the rim. The nose here is a little confounding at first. Initially was unsure if there was some brett here or an intense sulfur reduction. Ultimately, this turned out to be mostly reduction as it blew off after 20 minutes or so. Nose is bright with cherry pie and pomegranate juice, but becomes muddle by a distinct oak presence that shows more as wood than baking spice. The palate here is incredibly lean with more of the tart cherry and pomegranate from the nose, with a touch of sous bois as well. More oak. Incredibly tart acidity as well, I was surprised to see so much tannin which led me to place this wine as significantly younger. As a whole, an interesting wine that shows a lot of potential from the region as things continue to warm up and as wine making techniques move away from such overt oak use.

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