Staffelter Hof - Little Bastard 2022 (750ml) Vino de la Tierra

Staffelter Hof - Little Bastard 2022 (750ml) Vino de la TierraThis complex German blend has a few hours of skin contact (apart from the few days that the Muscat gets), giving it even more texture and body. It smells funky and fruity, but the grey slate it's grown on ensures that it is tangy and bright. It's unfiltered and unfined, from an estate that has been around since (at least) 862 AD. The same family has run it since they purchased it from Napoleon's government in 1805, and they've been moving towards more

TASTING NOTES: This wine is generous in black fruit

showing excellent persistence

is still a bit chewy

Half was spontaneously fermented in stainless steel tanks and half was spontaneously fermented in 400 liter French barrels

Its nautical style was inspired by the nine locks of Fonseranes an Unesco World Heritage site located 5 minutes from Mas La Chevalire

The wine offers excellent concentration and good structure that will help it age

Wild aromas of cassis

cherry notes and morocco nuances

Flavorful and concentrated

Amity Vineyards

2008 and 2012 were vinified half in steel and half in old oak casks

yet slightly later than in 2018