Pinot Noir is known as Spätburgunder in Germany, and the Rudolf Fürst estate in Franken ranks among that country’s top producers. GG is an abbreviation for Grosses Gewächs — a designation for the top vineyard sites in Germany — and the Centgrafenberg vineyard in Bürgstadt yields wines of great complexity and interest. The 2014 Centgrafenberg GG from Fürst has a stunning bouquet that shows beautifully pure raspberry and cherry fruits interwoven with floral hints and elements of herbs, tea and smoke. On the palate, the pure fruit flavors of ripe cherry and raspberry are underlain by a range of floral, herbal, smoke and spice nuances. The wine has the breadth and depth of a fine red Burgundy. It is a stellar example of the quality and character of the best German Pinot Noirs.
Weingut Rudolf Fürst, Bürgstadter (Franken, Germany) Spätburgunder 2014
By Wayne Belding