Kreuz, Spätburgunder, Grosses Gewächs, 2021

Kreuz GG wafts from the glass with purpose. Well-delineated notes of strawberry, kirsch and ripe plums prance with cassis and hedgerow fruits. Playful and up front with pliant tannins, it is however no caricature – there are allspice and earth notes too. It’s all delivered in a smooth, easy way, polished by quality French oak. This is a ’21 GG that delivers pleasure from the beginning. Kreuz plays home to the first grafted Burgundian clones in Germany, planted at the same time as Huber’s Wildenstein. The rootstocks in this Oppenheim vineyard are an impressive 70 years old and the plants date back to 1996. On a gentle incline of 30%, facing southeast, the soils are loess and limestone. Aged in French barrique.