Weingut Thörle Rheinhessen Spätburgunder 2018

German red wine with the scent of cherries, red berries and a mild oak note. The taste is ripe and soft. A nice wine with poultry, rabbit stew or a mild cheese.

In 2006, the brothers Christoph and Johannes Thörle took over the management of the family business in Saulheim, Rheinhessen, Germany's largest wine region. They are ambitious and like to do things their own way. For example, they do not - like many typical German wine companies - have a wide range of different grape varieties.

They limit themselves to a handful of classic varieties such as riesling and silvaner for white, and spätburgunder (pinot noir) for red. In the Spätburgunder wines, the Thörle brothers are looking for an optimal balance between acidity, aromatic intensity and maturity.

The Gault & Millau wine guide (2015) sees it well: "Thörle is becoming more and more refined, more Burgundian as it were. The base wines are wonderfully juicy, the middle class impressive. A new high-level highlight!"