2021 Max Kilburg Ohligsberg Pinot Noir, Mosel, Germany
2021 Max Kilburg Ohligsberg Pinot Noir, Mosel, Germany

2021 Max Kilburg Ohligsberg Pinot Noir, Mosel, Germany

$48.00

Kilburg's Pinot Noir - the first time this bottle has been offered in the U.S. - represents in a way something very familiar to him as well as something very foreign. The comparisons between Riesling and Pinot Noir are so common they are almost clichéd. Max has been working with Pinot Noir his entire life - in fact the parcel of Pinot Noir in the Ohligsberg was planted first by his father in 1987 in the famed Ohligsberg.  In 2021 Kilburg made only two barrels of Pinot Noir. This was a cool vintage and so ripening the Pinot Noir was not easy. He completely destemmed the fruit (again because of the cool vintage), but did a longer maceration to give the wine more texture and depth. While it has that signature cool-climate compactness, a certain arrow-like cut on the palate, there is plenty of material here, with an expansive mid-palate of dark fruit, black cherry, even cassis all edged by an intricate layer of spice, from thyme to sandalwood and smoke. There is plenty of structure here as well, with powerful tannins that provide plenty of grip. With a good decant, this will be a pleasure to drink on release, though this is a wine that will age 5 to 10 years and longer, with some ease.
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