Red meat in Rheinhessen

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant

A rare German Blaufraenkisch from the Roter Hang; spicy red fruit on iron-grip mineral structure, distinct from Austrian Burgenland in chiseled minerality.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative

Smokier and more chiseled than Morstein, with dried herbs and iodine notes against a salt-edged mineral spine.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic

Dry Pinot Noir Precoce from Ingelheim parcels, raspberry and sour cherry with peppery spice and fine tannin.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Heerkretz Spaetburgunder GG: red-cherry fruit and rose-petal lift over porphyry-grip mineral structure; the rare Rheinhessen Pinot Noir GG.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Estate Spaetburgunder at Thoerle: medium tannin, spicy red-cherry fruit and a long finish from calcareous Wonnegau parcels.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Schloss Westerhaus Pinot Noir GG comes from the estate monopole above Ingelheim; an elegant red-cherry expression with spicy oak frame.