Wildenstein, Spätburgunder, Reserve, Grosses Gewächs, 2022

Name: Wildenstein, Spätburgunder, Reserve, Grosses Gewächs
Brand: Bernhard Huber

Available Vintages

all 2014

justerini & brooks tasting note

Bitter sweet cherry notes shot through with the typical Wildenstein ferrous quality on the nose. Very little in the way of noticeable oak . There's real power and drive to the palate, but delivered as if on stilts, the high wire acidity providing a sense of great energy and vitality while the red cherry fruit, smoke and iron flecked mineral notes dance across the palate. Lifted, racy, focused and very long - this is a shimmering, acrobatic and keenly defined Wildenstein to tuck away for at least a decade.

critic reviews

97/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Huber's 2022 Spatburgunder Schlossberg GG from Hecklingen is a gorgeous red wine that, along with Furst (Franken), is at the top of German Pinot Noir. The 2022 shows a deep color and cool nose with seductive cherry aromas, as well as fine spice, tobacco notes and mineral freshness. Powerful, intense and salty on the palate, with a silky texture and delicate lime minerality, this is an enormously powerful and potent (not alcoholic), intense, longer and longer Pinot with great substance. It's a colossal Pinot Noir, probably one of the best in German history since records began (at least on this platform here). Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewachs in Wiesbaden in August 2024.

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date of review 10/2024