Enderle & MollPinot Noir “Pinot à Trois” 2022 (750ml)

Sourced from the best barrels from each of the three “Grand Crus,” the Pinot a Trois is only made when they think it should happen – this is art more than science. For 2022, this is the leanest this wine has ever been. Normally the most fleshy and ripe, in 2022 it is the most focused (clocking in at only 12%). While it is dark-fruited like the Buntsandsteins, it feels more tightly-wound and inward-looking; the nose is muted. While it has a touch of the wild, sous bois common to E&M, the overall effect is more crushed mineral, a dark almost iron-ore type minerality. On the palate the dark fruit rises into bright flashes of red fruit, an almost unexpected energy. The wine is short and punchy right now, yet dense and coating – this is wound up and energetic, with great structured and possibly a storied future ahead of it… for the few who can find the wine.