2019 Spätburgunder Opus Oskar [34 21]

Weingut Jülg   |  Germany   |  Pfalz

Schweigen-Rechtenbach, Pfalz, Germany
Red
2019
Drink From: 2024
Drink To: 2032
DRY
ABV 13%

2019 Spätburgunder Opus Oskar [34 21]

Weingut Jülg   |  Germany   |  Pfalz

Schweigen-Rechtenbach, Pfalz, Germany
Red
2019
Drink From: 2024
Drink To: 2032
DRY
ABV 13%
Clear

Description

Densely planted vines in a tiny corner of the Kammerberg,  
measuring just a tenth of a hectare, give the estate’s best  
wine. The soil is poor and thin, the limestone bedrock close  
to the surface. The grapes are strongly affected by millerandage (poor fruit set resulting in small seedless berries with concentrated flavours), and yields are tiny, this year under 20 hl/ha. In less capable hands you might get a  
clumsy, alcoholic wine, impressive at the first sip, but then  
becoming less appealing. Not here. It is intense, yes, with  
an abundance of dark fruit and powerful tannins, but that  
fruit is vibrant and pure, the tannins melting and fine, and  
there is astonishing energy and complexity: notes of violets,  
chocolate, spices, and delicate smoky flavours as it draws to  
a lingering juicy finish. Grand vin. 

Drink 2024 – 2032