Kuhling Gillot, Kreuz Spatburgunder GG

Kuhling Gillot, Kreuz Spatburgunder GGThe 2021 Sptburgunder Oppenheimer Kreuz Grosses Gewchs is from Triassic calcareous marl. There is richer, darker fruit, verging from red into black cherry. Smoke overlays the nose for now, while the aromatics almost touch Amarena cherry. This is darker, more brooding and heavier, with a dense tannic web. Yet there are aromatic red fruits with highlights of elderberry. (Bone dry)

While perfectly OK

hints of blood orange and white pepper on the aftertaste

The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin

560 bottles and 300 magnums

This too displays an unbelievably seductive nose of vanilla

Try it in 2020

this blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon

and you’ll be a believer

achieving veritable racy elegance that sets it apart

It is not a wine I'd wait for miracles to happen in the bottle however

Both bottles I tasted

ripe version of the Valpolicella Classico Superiore