2014 Weingut Franz Keller Jechtinger Enselberg Spätburgunder

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  5/1/2023 - Spargel Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tasted with mr_mando: Nase mit Pflaume, erdig, mineralisch, verbrannt. Am Gaumen etwas sauer, aber sehr gut.

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  11/7/2020 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  13% alcohol, 1 g/l residual sugar.
  
  Beautifully luminous, translucent and somewhat pale ruby red color. Quite robust and spicy nose with aromas of peppery spice and roasted exotic spices, pine needles and other coniferous forest notes, brambly black raspberry, some strawberry, light smoky tones, a little bit of savory wood spice, a hint of cranberry marmalade and a touch of gamey meat. The wine is firm, spicy and medium-bodied on the palate with dry flavors of sour cherries, brambly black raspberries, some sweeter notes of strawberries, light notes of coniferous forest, a little bit of savory wood spice, a hint of meaty umami and a touch of stony minerality. The overall feel if balanced and quite structured, thanks to the high acidity and firm yet rather soft tannins. The dry finish is long and juicy with bright flavors of tart cranberries and sour cherries, some peppery spice, a little bit of smoky character, light meaty notes of umami and a tangy hint of lingonberry.
  
  A very lovely, clean and fresh Spätburgunder, real textbook example of the style. Shows good sense of ripeness without much sweetness, not unlike a well-made New Zealand Pinot - only with a bit more minerality and nice tangy edge to the fruit. Feels slightly evolved from the last time I had this wine (a year ago) but there's still lots of room for further improvement. Although the wine might see some new oak, the woodier notes stay nicely out of the way and the emphasis remains nicely on the bright fruit flavors and the peppery Spätburgunder qualities. Very nice.

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  5/24/2020 - Spargel Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nase mit schöner typischer Pinot Noir Kirsche, floral. Am Gaumen geradlinig, sauber. So soll ein Spätburgunder sein.

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  12/21/2019 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points

  13% alcohol, 1 g/l residual sugar.
  
  Translucent, pale pomegranate color with a thin, colorless rim. The nose feels dry, somewhat smoky and noticeably spicy with aromas of peppery Pinosity and roasted exotic spices, some crunchy redcurrants, a little bit of earth, light brambly raspberry tones and a hint of cherry. The wine is dry, medium-bodied and crunchy on the palate with flavors of redcurrants and tart lingonberries, some peppery Pinosity, a little bit of smoke, light stony mineral tones, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of meaty umami. The wine feels wonderfully balanced and structured with its high acidity and firm yet quite easy tannins. The finish is lively, long and very gently grippy with dry flavors of sour cherries, some tart lingonberries, a little bit of stony minerality, light smoky tones, a hint of brambly raspberry and a touch of earthy spices.
  
  A clean, fresh and balanced Spätburgunder. Still quite youthful in style with lovely sense of harmony. Nothing particularly complex, but definitely nothing modest either. This is not a big wine, but packs some good punch for its size. A solid, sinewy effort that is a lovely everyday red now and most likely will only gain depth and nuance if left to age for some years more.

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