Holger Koch, Pinot Noir Reserve Size:6x750ml Sweet tobacco

Sweet tobacco

The crown in the Hugel jewels

The nose seemed to have closed down since I last encountered it in 2012

200-liter barrel made from the domaine's own trees and aged on the lees for 30 months (of which six were on the full lees)

Holger Koch, Pinot Noir Reserve Size:6x750ml Sweet tobaccoThe 2018 Pinot Noir Reserve is remarkably fresh and spicy on the nose, with initially greenish notes intermixed with sour cherry and dark berry aromas that are even reminiscent of Cabernets. There is nice purity, precision and freshness, though. The wine is smooth and juicy on the palate, with fine, silky textured cherry and dark berry fruit that is intermixed with very fine tannins and toasty oak aromas on the finish. This is a tart, fresh and grippy