2015 Weingut Knipser - Spätburgunder Reserve

Falstaff Magazin – 92 pts – US: *Schokoladiger Holzton. Weicher Auftakt, charmanter Gaumen mit mürb-körnigem Gerbstoff, tragendem Säurenerv und saftiger Abgangsfrucht. Verbindet Fülle mit Stoffigkeit – und ebenso frühe Zugänglichkeit mit Reifepotenzial.* - 05/2018

Vinous.com – (91-92) pts – DS: *This reflects a selection in the Kapellenberg from the estate’s oldest and best-performing Pinot vines (representing German clones). It was tasted assembled from tank, shortly before its August 2017 bottling and three years before its release. This seems to be another instance of the phenomenon on which Werner Knipser remarked in tasting this year’s Burgweg bottling – namely, an abundance of millerandage translating into floral perfume as well as luscious fruit. Scents of violet and cassis rise seductively from the glass. There is an impressive sense of cut and precision on the palate, which, however, by no means precludes incipient silkiness. Rich dark berry fruit is reinforced by prominent glycerol, covering over the abundant but fine-grained tannins and leading to an impressively sustained finish that already manages to soothe as well as to stimulate. Here is an excellent example of concentration consistent with animation and refinement.* - 01/2018