Moric, Lutzmannsburg Blaufrankisch Alte Reben Vintage:2019

Moric, Lutzmannsburg Blaufrankisch Alte Reben Vintage:2019A little more lifted and red fruited than the 2018. Tiny, wild sour berries add a lift to the aroma. Finely dry, elegant tannins, like many layers of paper. Really dry and deliciously so. Ethereal yet persistent. A complex wine that is quite hard to describe, a conundrum of dry freshness and restrained dark fruit. Not as savoury as the 2018, with a lovely fresh lift on the finish. (JH)

The 1997 Shiraz Liandra (14

Smoky crushed rocks and nuances of curry leaf give way to nectarine and a hint of spice as the 2022 Chardonnay Sisters blossoms in the glass

There are notes of salted pistachios

with fine-grained tannins

with a touch of mid-palate richness that makes it easy to drink now

There is outstanding volume and mid-palate concentration to the powerful and mouth coating middle weight flavors that exhibit a subtle minerality on the sappy

Deeply hued

sweet fruit of moderate depth and grip

Still a deep ruby color that displays only a touch of lightening at the rim and that impression of youthfulness is reinforced by the distinctly earthy nose that exhibits moderate secondary development but certainly no sous bois

But for all of the variety that these phenomena entail

Floral pastille flavors flesh out steadily on the back half

even opulent mouth feel to the mediumbodied flavors that also saturate the palate with dry extract before culminating in an impressively persistent finish