The 2011 Trarbacher Schlossberg Pinot Noir *** is another grand cru from the Mosel, another highlight of Germany's Pinot Noir culture offering smoky cherry and nougat aromas but the nose remains pure and elegant. The Pinot are growing in the finest blue Devon-slate soils. Full-bodied, and juicy on the palate this is a powerful and firmly structured but silky textured Pinot with an intense taste and great power with ripe and structuring tannins. - Stephan Reinhardt