Holger Koch, Pinot Noir Reserve Size:6x750ml The crown in the Hugel

The crown in the Hugel jewels

Starting to show its secondary side with all the tobacco and cedar notes

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

85 ha parcel purchased in late 1992)

Juicy and vinous

Holger Koch, Pinot Noir Reserve Size:6x750ml The crown in the HugelThe 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