I was curious, and so I bought. How could you not be, when the seller called them "these were the best Spatburgunders that Baden, and possibly all of Germany, had to offer"? Yeah, I'm a sucker for the spiel. So maybe I held them too long? Perhaps...
Henrik Mobitz, Baden, Pinot Noir, 'Kanzel', 2012
Henrik Mobitz, Baden, Pinot Noir, 'Koepfle', 2012
I'm going to clump these together because - stylistically - they are so similar. Both at 13% alcohol, the color is very light and both are quite acidic and remind me of lesser 2008 red Burgundy. Thin, acidic, and very savory. I would say 'red fruited', but really that is a stretch, as the fruit is on the savory end (think apple skin and cherry bark, more akin to roots and leaves than the actual fruit) and very uncharming and austere. One had a slight reductiveness, with sulfur on the finish. One of the bottles I had to stop drinking after about a 1/3rd of it...at least I can cook with it. 1 more of each remaining, but not sure if time will be kind to it.
