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James Suckling – "Breathtaking nose of ripe wild berries and herbs, savory and a touch of sous bois. Great concentration and amazingly mouth-filling for just 12.5%, this is a German pinot noir masterpiece and one of the wines of the vintage! Staggering length, the finish still tightly wound. You need some patience to get the best this has to offer. From biodynamically grown grapes. 100% whole cluster, wild-fermented, then 18 months in small oak. Unfiltered and unfined. Drinkable now, but best from 2025."
About This Wine
Historically, Ingelheim's best-known site is Pares, which is characterised by abundant limestone and polish. The plot is a filet piece in the middle of this excellent site. It lay fallow for 30 years, no trace of vines, only blackberries and bushes. In all the years of Sleeping Beauty's sleep, a veritable forest had grown up, which we cleared in painstaking work in order to finally reclaim this enchanted terroir. The result of their efforts is a grandiose starting point for the newly planted vines: A perfectly structured soil bursting with vitality that promotes the multi-layered quality we strive for in our Pinot Noir: Fruit, complexity and structured tannin. Due to decades of dormancy, our plot has a naturally formed, thick humus layer that gives the vines plenty of positive vitality. This vitality not only benefits the entire microcosm of this exceptional parcel, but also finds a colossal echo in the Pinot Noir that the team at Adams Wein cultivate here out of full enthusiasm for high-end red wine from Ingelheim.
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal(s) | Spatburgunder |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Rheinhessen |
| Brand | Adams Ingelheim |
| Vintage | 2020 |
About German Wines
Germany is the world’s northernmost fine wine producing region and thus requires its vines to endure some of the coldest temperatures. Fortunately, the country’s star variety, Riesling, does well in cooler climates and can survive even these freezing winters.
Germany Riesling is classified by ripeness at harvest which is also used to indicate the wine’s level of residual sugar. Picking earlier means the grapes have less time to ripen and the corresponding wines will be on the drier side; while picking later gives the grapes the opportunity full ripen and produce a lusciously sweet Riesling. The classifications from driest to sweetest: Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein (ice wine). While not as common to age white wines outside of Chardonnay, top tier German Rieslings can be aged for decades.
Other notable white grape varieties produced in Germany include Müller-Thurgau (a cross between Riesling and Madelaine Royale in the search for varieties that could withstand the extreme temperatures), Grauburguner (Pinot Gris) and Weissburguner (Pinot Blanc). The cooler German climate leads to earlier harvesting in general and gives German wines a distinctive character of higher acidity.
Historically red wine has always been harder to produce in the German climate. However, Pinot Noir grown in slightly warmer pockets of the country, has been highly successful in recent times. Going by the German name, Spätburgunder, German Pinot Noir can be elegant, structured and have vibrant acidity.
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