I am a big fan of Falkenstein's Rieslings so I was really excited to try their Spätburgunder. I get that 2021 is a cold vintage with electric acid, and I love that in their Rieslings, but I don't feel the fruit in this wine can really keep up. It smells like super underripe red fruit and some herbs. The aromatic intensity lacks the intensity of the palate, which bombards you with acid and no sugar for respite. I left it open for a few days to see if it would calm down and it hardly changed at all. This really is a wine only for the most dedicated acid freaks.
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Savory, salty, floral on the nose, yuzu and red berries, crazy tart and juicy on the palate, this is phenomenal. Not sure about saving it for long, but it's not gonna fade soon. Yummy.
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I am not the biggest fan of Rosé as I sometimes feel like the wines lack both the freshness of white wines and the body and structure of a red wine. This is different, not surprisingly made in a very fresh, tense style, this is showing both acidic tension, minerality and a touch of a red wineish feel. Notes of strawberries, cranberries, citrus, stony minerality, orange zest, also some pomegranate, also an almost salty chalky mineral note. It‘s lighter-medium bodied, with high acidity and very good length. This might be one of the most fascinating Rosés I have had in years.
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Aromas of orange juice and pith, red cherry, raspberry, raw meat and mushrooms, a little minty herbs... juicy and buoyant on the palate, it's plush and silky, then sapid and chalky, then subtly herbal and pithy, but most of all so fresh and juicy. Finishes tart and clean, with a long gush of fruit and perfectly poised mineral, saline and herbal tones. Yes please, again and again, this is so good.
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The authorities dispute that the grapes used for this wine are in fact Spätburgunder and claim that it is a mutation. Accordingly, the wine is labelled without any reference to a grape variety. I will however record it here. Relatively full, strawberry / rosehip colour; sour cherries and lemon zest on the fresh and minerally nose; lots of tension between bracing acidity and some creaminess; green apple skin on the finish. Not so much a wine of finesse or elegance, there is that slight metallic note which I also found in the Rotwein 2019, but it harnesses considerable energy.
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8/24/2023 - evjoh wrote:
I am a big fan of Falkenstein's Rieslings so I was really excited to try their Spätburgunder. I get that 2021 is a cold vintage with electric acid, and I love that in their Rieslings, but I don't feel the fruit in this wine can really keep up. It smells like super underripe red fruit and some herbs. The aromatic intensity lacks the intensity of the palate, which bombards you with acid and no sugar for respite. I left it open for a few days to see if it would calm down and it hardly changed at all. This really is a wine only for the most dedicated acid freaks.
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8/18/2023 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
Savory, salty, floral on the nose, yuzu and red berries, crazy tart and juicy on the palate, this is phenomenal. Not sure about saving it for long, but it's not gonna fade soon. Yummy.
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7/17/2023 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wild strawberry, electric acidity
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6/18/2023 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 89 Points
I am not the biggest fan of Rosé as I sometimes feel like the wines lack both the freshness of white wines and the body and structure of a red wine. This is different, not surprisingly made in a very fresh, tense style, this is showing both acidic tension, minerality and a touch of a red wineish feel. Notes of strawberries, cranberries, citrus, stony minerality, orange zest, also some pomegranate, also an almost salty chalky mineral note. It‘s lighter-medium bodied, with high acidity and very good length. This might be one of the most fascinating Rosés I have had in years.
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12/19/2022 - geoffreychambertin wrote: 82 Points
Thin, acidic, watery body, not much fruit. B- grade is being slightly charitable.
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11/26/2022 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
I am totally convinced by this. Wow.
Aromas of orange juice and pith, red cherry, raspberry, raw meat and mushrooms, a little minty herbs... juicy and buoyant on the palate, it's plush and silky, then sapid and chalky, then subtly herbal and pithy, but most of all so fresh and juicy. Finishes tart and clean, with a long gush of fruit and perfectly poised mineral, saline and herbal tones. Yes please, again and again, this is so good.
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9/4/2022 - chcook wrote:
Has the fruit one would expect but this is bracing and straight off not so enjoyable. Even after decanter was rough. Corked in fridge. Will revisit
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5/9/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
The authorities dispute that the grapes used for this wine are in fact Spätburgunder and claim that it is a mutation. Accordingly, the wine is labelled without any reference to a grape variety. I will however record it here. Relatively full, strawberry / rosehip colour; sour cherries and lemon zest on the fresh and minerally nose; lots of tension between bracing acidity and some creaminess; green apple skin on the finish. Not so much a wine of finesse or elegance, there is that slight metallic note which I also found in the Rotwein 2019, but it harnesses considerable energy.
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