Blaufränkisch Reserve 2005

Blaufränkisch Reserve 2005

WINE ENTHUSIAST (US)

90

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Tasting

Purple with a dark cherry-red rim, dense tears. Spicy aroma spectrum of black cherries, sour cherry cake, chocolate chips, touch of vanilla, sun-ripened blackberries, rosewood slightly toasted, juniper and blackthorn faintly perceptible. Dry, powerfully structured, with substantial-smooth tannins which appear as if dipped into cherry-chocolate. Characteristic and inviting. These muscles grew without steroids. Animating fruit sweetness nevertheless supported by “Rust minerality”, framed by a vivacious glow. Long finish with a promising ageing potential.

Pairing

Every type of goose dish (goose potage, goose terrine, roast goose), rolled roast veal with marjoram jus, tournedos of wild boar crusted with black pepper, pecorino with olive oil and nut bread, companion in decisive conceptional situations, in the evening and so on.

Making

Manually harvested end of september 2005 into small boxes, from the single vineyards PLACHEN (loess brown earth) and PANDKRÄFTEN (deep loess on loamy chalk subsoil).

Destemming, mash fermentation in closed stainless steel tanks at a temperature of approx. 31˚C for 12 days followed by 5 additional days of maceration, gentle pressing, malolactic fermentation and maturation in 300 l – oak barrels (ca. 55% new). Marriage and final maturation in large wood casks.

Serving temperature 16–18˚C, improves with oxygen contact
Bottling May 2007
Alcohol 13,5 Vol.%
Acidity 4,8 g/l
Residual sugar dry
Bottle sizes 0,75l up to Double Magnum

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