ried spitzerberg blaufrankisch erste lage

Weingut Dorli Muhr

Ried Spitzerberg, Blaufrankisch, Erste Lage, 2018

Name: Ried Spitzerberg, Blaufrankisch, Erste Lage
Brand: Weingut Dorli Muhr
Price: 436.73 GBP

94/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

As always, there is a big step up to the Ried Spitzerberg. A blend of the three oldest vineyards of the estate, up to 70 years old, hailing from both the east and western sides of the hill, the Ried Spitzerberg benefits hugely from a complex mix of soil types and expositions. On the western side, the soils are looser and more friable, which can stress the vines, but produces more transparent, ethereal, mineral-laced fruit. The eastern plots, by contrast, hold more water and see more even ripening. While less extravagant in profile, they bring a more measured quality, and plenty of detailed, succulent fruit to the blend. The 2018 Ried Spitzerberg offers up incredibly detailed, crisp cherry fruit with a stony, mineral backbone. With aeration it bursts with ripe summer strawberries and intense but tight fresh fruit. Long and lithe finishing on sweet tannins, a trace of salt, and aromas of mountain herbs, it is a wine of outstanding balance and complexity. Aged for 20 months in large cask.

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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Stephan Reinhardt,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

From the oldest vines (45-65 years) on three rieden (Spitzer, Obere Roterd and Pannholzer), the 2018 Prellenkirchen Ried Spitzerberg 1OTW opens with a pure, refined and mineral bouquet with notes of wild herbs, crushed stones and a crystalline purity whose ascetic character always reminds me of slate or very pure limestone. On the palate, this is a concentrated and intense yet very fine and juicy red wine with a very long and intense finish. The tannins are chalky and refined, and the fruit is perfectly ripe and elegant. The wine has remarkable finesse and elegance. Very promising. Tasted as a sample hours before the bottling in June 2020.

drinking window 2024 - 2033

date of review 04/2021

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