"The Spätburgunder 2019 Assmannshäuser Höllenberg is very pure and spicy on the clear, fresh and elegant nose but needs a while to open up. There are lovely herbal and leafy aromas, with hints of mushrooms and autumn forest floor but, most of all, crushed dark stones on the beginning of the nose that shows more and more delicate and finely juicy dark but also red berry aromas. Silky, refined and very elegant on the palate, this is textural as finessed and silky as the Ingelheim limestone Spätburgunder R. This 2019 is an excellent wine from a great terroir, and its the vitality and grip on the finish as well as its iodine taste that makes it a clear Höllenberg again. 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in August 2022." (Stephan Reinhardt)
