2020 TBA No. 1 Zweigelt

Vinified in new barriques for more than two years, the 2020 Trockenbeerenauslese No. 1 Zweigelt Nouvelle Vague displays a brick, almost dark salmon color. It is intense and finely concentrated yet also super pure, fresh and elegant on the exotic, tropical nose with candied orange zest and sugared pink grapefruit aromas intertwined with notes of dragon fruits, ly chee, plums, cherries, fresh strawberries, raspberries, coconut (Bounty) and nougat notes. Dense, round and sweet but elegant and refined on the palate, this is an intense yet balanced, stimulatingly saline and nicely bitter reddish/pink TBA with a serious and long finish structured by tart but fine tannin bitters. Try it with game dishes, classic tartes and chocolate desserts. 10.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in Lütjensee, Hamburg, in June 2023. To be released in mid-September 2023. 95+/100 Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

Helles Kirschrot, Ockerreflexe, breite Randaufhellung, Frische Kirschfrucht, zart nach Dörrzwetschken, ein Hauch von Nougat, zart nach Orangenzesten. Saftig elegant, feine Textur, rotbeerige Nuancen, sehr gut balanciert, zeigt gute Länge, bereits zugänglich und antrinkbar. 94/100 Peter Moser, Falstaff Weinguide 2023/24