For months, we've been buying every bottle of Wasenhaus that we can find.
Today, we're wrapping up our series of recent Wasenhaus offerings with their rarest Pinots, Hohlen and Kanzel.
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I should warn you from the outset that these are extremely limited.
Hohlen comes from old vines on an intense bed of limestone from a vineyard called Zunsinger Rosenberg. This is a powerful and profoundly mineral Spätburgunder. There's a tightly wound core that combines bright floral top notes and an earthy, almost sauvage mid-palate.
Some German fanatics may recognize Kanzel from Henrik Möbitz, who made one of Germany's greatest Pinots from the site. Short story, Mobitz had a day job, and winemaking began to stretch him too thin. He retired and rented Kanzel to Wasenhaus' Alex Götze and Christoph Wolber.
Kanzel is a great site with limestone and clay soils. Half of the vineyard is composed of old-vine German clones, and the other is a massale selection of French Pinot. It's a relatively cool site and produces wines with tense minerality, finesse, and luminous clarity.
The roster of estates that Alex Götze and Christoph Wolber have worked at is impressive (Comte Armand, Bernard van Berg, Leflaive, de Montille, and Pierre Morey). They brought this Burgundian expertise back to Germany's Baden region. Tasting through their lineup, it's very clear how sensitive they are to each vineyard.
I'm going to bring this to a close. Our previous Wasenhaus emails have been met with very strong responses. Hohlen and Kanzel are very limited. We'll likely have to allocate.
To order, email offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.
Ian McFadden
Director, Fine & Rare
Crush Wine & Spirits
