2003 Fritz Allendorf Spatburgunder

[VouvrayHead]

$12, Rheingau

Well, my first German Pinot.
It's interesting exploring this grape outside of Oregon and Burgundy. (I've even heard that some people drink them from California, gasp!)

It's nicely perfumy, a bit fruit and a bit woodsy. In the mouth it has some oddly sweet cherry and stewed plum type notes with an undertone of roasted meat.

The sweetness is a bit bizarre and off-putting, but it does work with the other flavors.

Medium body, good flavor intensity, a bit light on the end, but pretty good. Would be better with food.

I've certainly had worse $12 pinot, but it's not something I'd search out again.


[This message has been edited by VouvrayHead (edited 02-28-2007).]

[dananne]

We've had some mixed success with Pinot from outside the "usual" areas, including a wonderful hit with a 1999 Rene Mure Clos St. Landelin Pinot Noir from Alsace to a terrible miss with a Romanian Pinot that my brain has worked to erase from memory, much like it would with, say, a childhood incident with a knife-wielding maniac clown or something. We've only had a couple of Spatburgunders, however, and I only remember one, which was light and somewhat dilute in flavors. I always intend to do more exploring, then forget about the notion. Thanks for the notes.

[Innkeeper]

Thanks for the tip Dan. Pops was totting a Romanian Pinot for well less than $10 that I almost bit on. If I didn't already have a half case each of two from Australia already on order from Southern, could very well have.