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2022 Jonas Dostert „Karambolage“, Mosel
Here we have the perfect wine for the „history in the making“ we are watching right now. Full of energy, power and wild&cheeky. 
1/3 Chardonnay, 1/3 Elbling and 1/3 Pinot gris. Clearly with one foot in the „Natural Wine“ camp, normaly not my cup of tea, but in this case it is fine. If this wine is too wild for you, then you are too weak. 
Some reduction notes and even a slight hint of nail poolish. Normally a fault/mistake for me, but here it is okay, as it is just a little little hint. The girls will love it. Flavors of mellow apples, vivid acidity, minerality and extremly food-friendly. BTW, Jonas Dostert is the rising star of the Mosel and I love his Chardonnay. Ask Robert Dentice, he is a big fan of Jonas.
Bottom-line, a challenging and hedonistic wine. A lovely variety of the usual stuff I drink. Available chez Weinfurore in Munich, Pinard de Picard, chez Russell Faulkner in Bordeaux and vom Boden/SOURCE MATERIAL.
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Nice note. Presumably these are the grapes that were not ‘good enough’ for the single-grape bottlings of Chardonnay, Elbling and Pinot Gris? But still, good winemakers make good wine…
Also interesting because I’m just now realizing that Dostert apparently doesn’t have any Riesling vines. I wonder how many Mosel winemakers would fall into that category.
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In Nittel I don’t think there’s much Riesling at all.
It’s really quite far from the main villages of the middle Mosel.
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Thanks for that. Yes, the map does place things in perspective.
Indeed, Nittel is in Elbling territory. I didn’t even know the grape before visiting the town a last month.
This is the summer wine par excellence.
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A couple of months ago, I drank a bottle of Jonas Dostert’s 2022 Karambolage and liked it.
Farther upriver, on the left bank of the Mosel in Luxembourg, Domaine Alice Hartmann produces Riesling from the top sites of Koeppchen and Palmberg in Wormeldange and Ahn, respectively.
But Riesling is also grown in Nittel and other villages of the Upper Mosel.
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Martin, do you have a relationship with Pinard de Picard? You frequently mention wines can be found there and they almost always can be found elsewhere in Germany, too. For example, Weinfurore in Munich also carries Dostert, including the Karambolage (admittedly 60 cents mire expensive per bottle) and I like that shop much better. It just seems unnecessary to advertise one wine store when it is not the only place you can buy it.
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Fair argument. I didn`t know that Weinfurore in Munich also has Jonas Dostert in their portfolio. I only wanted to name a source. I will add Weinfurore in my posting above.
Also available in France… 
I’d note that this cuvee varies a little each year, the 22 is a bit more ‘natty’ than recent vintages IMHO.
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In the States, the 2022 Karambolage is offered and imported by vom Boden. It seems that some producers who were offered by Source Material and imported by vom Boden are now a part of vom Boden’s portfolio. Perhaps Robert Dentice, aka Soilpimp, can explain the difference between Source Material and vom Boden.
Believe vom Boden is the importer, Source Material is a distributor and then retailers fulfill offers from Source Material. Presumably driven by the three-tier system and licensing requirements (assuming Stephen holds the license to VB and Robert does for SM).
As to the wine, I visited Jonas a few weeks ago and very much enjoyed the 2022 Karambolage—while it is a natural-styled wine, it is not “natty” (i.e. containing pronounced faults seen in many natural wines).
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Not sure why this is relevant but it is very simple some small growers like Jonas Dostert are probably too small to have a nationwide importer. source | material markets them as we have an enormous reach and if needed Vom Boden can then expand their placements on a national basis. It is a win win for everyone. The majority of source | material wines are imported by Vom Boden because they gave the best German book in the U.S. We have worked with other importers to do curated offers from the likes of JJ Prum, von Schubert Maximum Grünhaus and Koehler Ruprecht.
Thanks for your explanation. It wasn’t clear to me.
