Variety: Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Region: Württemberg
Vineyard: Oberstenfelder Forstberg
Soil Type: Cored marl and stony clay with limestone inclusions
Fermentation & Élevage: Barrique
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
Germany
Region:
Wurttemberg
Appellation:
Wurttemberg
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | DE-DTL-65-21 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-10-31
"Generously ripe, fleshy, spicy and intense, with an iodine undertone, the 2021 Spätburgunder Oberstenfeld Forstberg VDP.Grosse Lage seems more intense and generous in its ripeness than the Schupen, because it is deep, fresh and spicy, even peppery on the nose. Silky, elegant and fresh, with finesse and generosity of texture, this is a fruit-forward, quite powerful, concentrated and tense, more austere rather than sweet Pinot with a mouthwatering saline finish. It has good substance and length. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden in August 2024."
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2024-10-24
"Very flinty and earthy, this impressive German pinot noir is still pretty closed. The red berry and wild herb aromas open up as it aerates in the glass. Sleek and tense on the medium-bodied palate. The fine tannins provide warmth and length that the chalky complexity underlines in the long finish. Drinkable now, but best from 2026."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2020
James Suckling
Score
98
Date
2024-03-07
"The greatest pinot noir ever made in the underrated region of Wurttemberg! A whole bouquet of violets on the nose, and behind that a wealth of red beets, gunpowder and wet earth. Terrific concentration on the super-focused, but only medium-bodied palate. Off-the-scale racy energy at the almost endless finish suggests this sleek masterpiece has decades of life ahead of it. From a high-altitude site that was forgotten until Christian Dautel started making wine from it. Drinkable now, but best from 2025."
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
92
Date
2024-10-31
"Dautel's 2020 Spätburgunder Oberstenfeld Forstberg VDP.Grosse Lage is deep, intense and refined on the elegant nose that is reminiscent of ripe, dark berries, toast, smoke and earthy notes. Full-bodied, intense and juicy on the palate, this is a generous, dense and refined red wine with a tight, saline and youthful finish. This is a promising Pinot Noir from a sandstone terroir. 13% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in March 2024."
2019
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2023-01-25
2016
Wine Advocate
Score
92
Date
2020-05-07