Dautel, Oberstenfeld Forstberg Spatburgunder GG, Wurttemberg

Darker and more brooding in register, this opens with black cherry pit, damson skin, and dried redcurrant, layered with smoked tea, mushroom stem, and a cool, stony austerity. The palate is compact and deliberate, showing little excess, with firm acidity and finely woven tannins giving the wine a strict, almost architectural shape. Savory notes of iron, bitter cocoa husk, and dried herbs surface through the mid-palate, leading to a long, dry finish marked by mineral grip and quiet persistence. A …