2022 "Wildenstein" Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs

This absolutely mind-blowing German pinot noir has everything you could want from a high-end wine of this grape variety, but also has its own distinct personality. The way this is incredibly concentrated but extraordinarily precise and delicate is the most decisive thing, but the aromatic complexity—a wide-screen spectrum of black, blue and red berry aromas, delicate spicy notes, plus touches of forest floor and licorice—is also awesome. The texture on the palate is a dream of heaven, but not in the slightest an imitation of Burgundy. Drink or hold.

- Stuart Pigott (10/2024)

After the wine wasn't been produced in 2021, the 2022 Spätburgunder Malterdingen Bienenberg Wildenstein GG arrives deep, fresh and pure on the nose, with concentrated cherry and dark berry aromas intertwined with iodine notes of crushed rocks. On the palate, the Wildenstein is a dense and refined, lush and generous yet fresh and straight Pinot with very fine, ripe tannins and a remarkably long and intense yet also tight finish. The wine is powerful and another superb Huber Pinot of the benchmark 2022 vintage, yet perhaps it doesn't have the thrilling energy of the mind-blowing Schlossberg. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden in August 2024.

- Stephan Reinhardt (10/2024)