Clear, pale ruby colour, with garnet towards the rim. Medium-intensity bouquet of red berries; strawberry, cranberry, redcurrant; ripe, a little cooked and jammy even, with hints of butterscotch, though layered with an attractive scent of wild roses. On the palate, a medium body with soft tannins but noticeable alcohol. Lacking a certain depth of flavour. Warming, drying and a little bitter in the finish.
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Tasted by Dominik Müller on Friday, 3 October 2025.
| Flawed? | no | |
| DM: |
4Wines with a 3 to 4-point rating are average on a fine wine level. Well-made without apparent flaws, but lacking distinct intensity or depth. / 20 ("passable") |
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| WSET SAT: |
1.0Wines with a 1.0 WSET rating are judged as 'average'. In the WSET scoring system, where we consider balance (B), intensity (I), length (L) and complexity (C), these wines managed to get at least one point or two half points in either of these four categories. In terms of my personal rating system, wines with a WSET score of 1.0 tend to have around 83 to 84 DM points. / 4.0 |
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| Favourite: | No |
| Vintage: | 2015 |
| Colour: | red |
| Style: | still (dry) |
| Assemblage: | no |
| Grape variety: |
Pinot Précoce Noir Mutation of Pinot Noir. Synonyms include Frühburgunder, Blauer Frühburgunder, Früher Blauer Burgunder, Madeleine Noir, Vigne d’Ischia (in France) and many others. Usually ripens a little earlier than Pinot Noir. Harvest may begin about two weeks earlier, on average. Hence the name: Frühburgunder ("früh" is German and translates to "early"), whereas the German name for Pinot Noir is Spätburgunder ("spät" translates to "late"). Thick-skinned variety that can produce substantial wines, though generally not with the depth and longevity of Pinot Noir. |
| For assemblages, the main grape variety is shown. | |
| Producer: | Forster |
| Country: | Germany |
| Region: | Nahe |
| Subregion: | n/a |
| Appellation: | n/a |
| Vineyard: | Burg-Layer Johannisberg |
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