NEW RELEASES: Weingut Dautel, sublime Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Württemberg

NEW RELEASES: Weingut Dautel, sublime Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Württemberg

NEW RELEASES: Weingut Dautel

Sublime Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Württemberg

2019 Spätburgunder, Forstberg, Grosses Gewächs, Weingut Dautel
2019 Spätburgunder, Schupen, Grosses Gewächs, Weingut Dautel
£180 per 6 bottle case in bond

2020 Chardonnay, Bönnigheimer Sonnenberg, Weingut Dautel
£140 per 6 bottle case in bond

In March 2020, we offered a then very recent find of two exceptional Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) from Weingut Dautel in Bönnigheim, north of Stuttgart. We then tasted the 2018 vintage a year later and sold out instantly, such had been the reception of the 2017. Rather than rewrite the history and background, please see the previous offers here and here.)
 
Samples of the 2019 Grosses Gewächs (Grand Cru) pair of Schupen and Forstberg arrived with us last week and, having now tasted them, we are delighted to offer both wines yet again. The quality being realised by Christian Dautel continues with these two wines showing a beautiful purity of fruit allied to a silkiness of texture leading to wines of great harmony and instant appeal. The character of each vineyard is evident in the red fruited, scented elegance of the Schupen set against the darker fruit profile and mineral persistence of the Forstberg.
 
Additionally last week, we received a sample of a 2020 Chardonnay. Ernst Dautel planted Chardonnay from 1985, having fought for permission to do so from a doubtful peer group. His son Christian travelled the world to hone his skills and spent time working at Domaine des Comtes Lafon in Meursault. This influence seems evident in the style. The Sonnenberg Chardonnay shows incredible class and sophistication, in a modern, reductive style underpinned by beautifully pure, clean, healthy citrus fruit.
 
All three of these wines from Weingut Dautel offer astonishing value for the quality of wine in the glass. After two previous vintages from us, with many of those bottles already enjoyed, you probably do not need telling.

Please let us know of your interest as soon as possible as volumes are limited.

Spaetburgunder Forstberg 2018
2019 Spätburgunder, Forstberg, Grosses Gewächs
Weingut Dautel
£180 per 6 bottle case in bond

Clean, pure, aromatic nose. Lifted summer fruit and darker forest fruit all carried along with a subtle spicy note. There is a controlled power at the core of this wine, tightly wound but incredibly focused. Real fruit delineation and purity. Then a long mineral finish of great white stone intensity and persistence. (ROM) Drink 2023-2030

2019 Spätburgunder, Schupen, Grosses Gewächs
Weingut Dautel
£180 per 6 bottle case in bond

Scented blue and red berry fruit with a gentle creamy note too. The palate reflects this elegant style and, while the fruit expands across the palate, there is a certain weightlessness and grace. A subtle mineral grip gives a sense of structure to the juicy, mineral-tinged palate. This is a beautifully textured, harmonious and effortlessly natural Pinot Noir. (ROM) Drink 2023-2030

2020 Chardonnay, Bönnigheimer Sonnenberg

Weingut Dautel
£140 per 6 bottle case in bond
 
Beautiful clear bright green lemon hue. The nose has the smoky bacon notes of reductive winemaking which promise a tensile aspect to the palate. From beneath this there emerges a pure, clean, fresh, floral lime nose. Typical of the Dautel wines, there is a pristine clarity to the fruit. The palate opens with an appealing weight of concentrated yellow citrus fruit that expands on the palate but is cut by a sense of energy and a mineral austerity, which suggests age-worthiness. There is a taut, tensile nature to the long lemon and yellow grapefruit charged finish. (ROM) Drink 2023-2028

Looking forward to hearing from you.
 
Take care,

Richard

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