The 2018 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard Ungrafted Vines emerges from a steep parcel on the property planted with a very dense 17
The rest of the bouquet is framed by licorice
The palate houses open-knit and approachable tannins that deliver a bold build of fleshy tannin
This beautifully balanced if compact effort should also amply reward longer-term cellaring
Interestingly given the style of the vintage this isn’t quite a big and robust as it usually is which should permit it to be approachable after only 6 to 8 years yet it has the stuffing to effortlessly develop over 15 to 18
Van Volxem, Scharzhofberger Pergentsknopp Riesling GG Brut Zero The 2018 Pinot Noir HorseshoeFrom the Pergentsknopp, the 2019 Scharzhofberger P Riesling GG opens very intense and flinty on the lemon scented nose, and it is even more straight and challenging than the generic Scharzhofberger, with lemon leaf aromas and vulnerable stony aromas of wet crushed slate and quartzite. Piquant and fresh on the palate, this is a lean, tight, dry, grippy and persistently salty but also dense and juicy Pergentsknopp that lacks a couple of years of bottle