Wachter Wiesler, Blaufrankisch Eisenberg Eisenberg, 2022

If you want to understand what "Eisenberg" tastes like in one glass, this is it. The Eisenberg bottling is Christoph Wachter's core expression of the appellation, drawn from a mix of sites on the iron-rich green shale that gives the region its name and its signature. Eisenberg means "iron mountain" — there have been iron mines here since antiquity — and you taste it: pure black and blue fruit that never tips into overripe, always laced with acidity and that unmistakable ferrous minerality. Native-yeast fermented and aged in large neutral barrels, it's the most representative iron-slate signature in the lineup and the ideal introduction to why these cool-climate reds are so distinctive. From the strong 2022 vintage. Pre-Arrival, arriving mid-July.