This is a new wine in the line up beginning in 2019. This has the most tannin and structure amongst the single vineyards that I have had. The vineyard has some Pinot Gris which I believe they add to this wine. Other notes say this is fresh and lively. I did not get that from this wine. There was also a little bitterness that I think will mellow with age.
Would love to taste a Mobitz Kanzel. He is still somewhat connected as he distributes a good chunk of the Kanzel wines from Wasenhaus.
On another note then i just ordered a mixed case of Pinot from Carsten SaalwÀchter. It includes five different SpÀtburgunder cuvees. Will report back as i open them (might let the top stuff sleep for a while though).
Most of the whites was not available at the site i ordered from. But a few others still have some Silvaners available. So if i find the money i will grab a few
Cherries, strawberries, licorice, green and earthy.
Very light and disappears waaaay to easy. 12% abv.
The length and complexity is kinda what you can expect at this price point. But it is not so simple it gets boring in any way.
At 16⏠(Bought from a German site) this is tremendous value and just an overall great wine.
It is awesome to have a producer with this type of quailty now that Wasenhaus is getting harder and harder to get by.
A bit frustrating that so little of whatâs being discussed here about Spatsburgunder can be found in the US on WS.com. Just searched Saalwachter----NADA. What are good US retail spats sources? If any exist. Think I have a line on some Furst. Thatâs a start!
Hello Ardeis - As you have seen Spatburgunder is still hard to find in the U.S. That is one of the reasons I talk it up along with the dramatic improvements in quality. Lyle Fass at Fass selections has the best selection of anyone. Woodland Hills in LA has a nice selection. source | material the small DTC company I am partners in with Stephen Bitterolf sells Jonas Dostert, Saalwachter and a few others and we will be continuing to add more. Stephen is the owner of Vom Boden and he represents Wasenhaus. Sadly your best chance to try a Wasenhaus is either at a restaurant or I am happy to open some for you along with some other Spatburgunders. The Wasenhaus wines are small production, highly allocated and they lost a good amount of their crop in 2021 so it will be a few years before they are available in the U.S. but I am more than happy to open some for youâŠand please forgive my mention of my company it really is a passion project that I do because I love German wine so much.
Hey Robert self promotion is what WB is all about!! Appreciate the offers-----=by âopen for youâ I suspect you mean in NYC? I havenât been to Big Apple in many yearsâresiding in Tampa, FL and my wife and I foster kids often past few years curtailing our travel some. RE Spatburgunders, I was enthralled with a bottle of Schloss Halbturn 2010 had a couple of years ago on an Austrian ski trip. I was able to score a single Wasenhaus 2019 from Bird Rock in CA last year. As I mentioned Iâm going to purchase some Furst on pre-arrival status today. So my spatburgunder experience is a bit limited making it even more frustrating. If in fact NYC is what you had in mind, I might add two guys in our local wine club, Grapenuts Wine Group of Tampa, are importers who purvey a bit in NY each year. Perhaps I might send them your way for a tasting of a couple spats and they could sherpa a few back for me based on their experience. Just an idea. thanks for the commentary! The search goes onâŠ(signed up w Fass as well).