Weingut Rings - Spätburgunder 2021 (750ml)
Price: $52.99
| Producer | Weingut Rings |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Pfalz |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 70264 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Wine Advocate: 89 Points
The 2021 Spätburgunder is finely reductive but highly aromatic in its dark berry (cassis) and cherry aromas that intermingle with orange, toast and herbal/vegetal notes. Basket-pressed, macerated for about 14 days and aged in predominantly new barrels for 16 months, this is a medium-bodied, very elegant and fruity Pinot with silky-textured, very fine tannins. The wine is firm and tight but also sweet and juicy and very well made, given the complicated and rainy vintage that caused extensive selections, in particular for Pinot.
Vinous: 88 Points
The 2021 Spätburgunder is the estate Pinot Noir, harvested from younger vines across sites in Kallstadt, Ungstein and Leistadt and some older vines, especially those with German genetics. Elderberry aromatics with slight smokiness are the opening accents. The palate is fresh but with rounded, translucent, slightly lifted fruit, bright with freshness and fine, gentle tannins. The impression is of darker berry and forest fruit juiciness, without any fat and some toasty oak. The estate wines often see oak as the Rings brothers prefer second-use oak for their single-site wines.
