2017 Mayschoss Mönchberg Frühburgunder Grosses Gewächs, Ahr, Germany

Dried vegetable and floral, also bacony, earthy and slightly fungal scent of red and a little black berries with leathery nuances. Clear, ripe, tangy-juicy fruit with a little bite and fine, youthful tannins, nutty-woody notes on the palate, dried vegetable aromas, a little cocoa, in the background earthy minerality and again mushroom notes, good depth, has power, very fine acidity, bacon nuances, a touch of pepper, very good, tangy-juicy, somewhat woody and mineral finish

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