Kobal Blaufrankisch Roots Austria working alongside his sister Alexia

working alongside his sister Alexia after years spent learning

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Savory-edged and quietly structured

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Kobal Blaufrankisch Roots Austria working alongside his sister AlexiaDark edged and ferrous, this opens with sour black cherry, elderberry skin, and damson, layered with cracked pepper, dried nettle, and a cool note of iron rich clay. The palate is taut and vertical, driven by Blaufrnkischs natural acidity and firm, finely etched tannins that frame the fruit without smoothing its edges. Savory herbal tones and a faint smoky mineral thread run through the mid palate, finishing dry, spicy, and persistent with a stony,