Enderle & MollPinot Noir Buntsandstein “Ida” 2022 (750ml)

The “Ida” is sourced from a tiny colored-sandstone parcel in the same general vicinity as the regular Buntsandstein. The parcel was given to them by an older lady named Ida who had farmed the parcel for decades. When they first made the wine, presumably they intended to increase their Buntsandstein production, yet they noticed immediately that the wine just tasted different. The “Ida” is normally denser, darker, more earthy and brooding – and so they began to bottle it separately. The 2022 Ida lives up to the reputation; this flaunts more of the inky, blackberry-fruited depth of the Muschelkalk, yet it is more expansive and silken, with a dark minerality and sappy notes, rocks and a salty umami undertone. This has a similar structure to the regular Buntsandstein, yet it feels a bit more wound up, tighter, more structured.