From vines planted in 1954, the 2015 Pinot Noir Buntsandstein Landwein Oberrhein is perfectly ripe and nobly intense on the nose, but also precise and fresh, with flinty aromas and a remarkable purity. Intense and elegant, with a silky texture, this is a concentrated, yet pure and powerful Pinot with a long and refreshing finish and very fine tannins. This is a great Pinot Noir with serious tannins. Total production: three barriques.

From 40- to 50-year-old vines on the Buntsandstein soils of Münchweier (Ortenau/Baden), Enderle & Moll's 2013 Pinot Noir Buntsandstein displays a very fine and beautifully aromatic bouquet of great finesse and purity. Fresh and intense Pinot aromas, and earthy as well as floral flavors are perfectly interwoven; this leads to a silky textured, fresh, finesse-full and elegant palate with a vibrant, tension-filled, dry and very mineral finish. The purity and freshness of the Buntsandstein reminds me of the Chambolle-Musignys from Ghislaine Barthod, although this is a very associative finding, since I have never tasted wines from both producers, side by side.