Weingut Schnaitmann, Lämmler Spätburgunder VDP Grosses Gewächs, 2018
Weingut Schnaitmann, Lämmler Spätburgunder VDP Grosses Gewächs, 2018
- Red Still
- Organic
- Biodynamic
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Pinot Noir
Rainer Schnaitmann makes low intervention wines in Fellbach near Stuttgart. He is one of those winemakers who (alongside his mentor Clemens Busch) is revered in his homeland, but less well-known outside.
His style is distinctively ‘Schwäbisch’, with balanced extraction and extensive use of large old oak foudres. He tells me that he loves to focus on the earthiness and juice of his fruit, rather than producing a red Burgundy lookalike. Whilst his Spätburgunder and Grauburgunder are outstanding, coaxing the very best out of the solar 2018 vintage, it’s always his treatment of the oft-underrated Lemberger (Blaufränkisch) that ravishes.
Drinking window: 2023 - 2045
What the critics say:
"The dark ruby colored 2018 Spätburgunder Lämmler GG opens with an intense, refined and elegant but concentrated cassis bouquet with discreet oaky and leafy notes intertwined with reductive and spicy dark berry aromas. Silky, refined and also tensioned on the palate, this is a lush and charming but full-bodied, fleshy and seriously promising Pinot with a long and intense yet pure, complex and stimulating saline finish. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in March 2022."
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