Cantina Kaltern Kunststuck Alt Adige Merlot Reserva 2018 (WA 95)

Wine Advocate 95 points.
The Cantina Kaltern 2018 Alto Adige Merlot Riserva Kunst.Stück is released in numbered bottles (I tasted bottle number 494 of just 3,000 produced) with a pretty, artist-created front label. This Merlot is soft and plush, with broad richness and smoothness that spreads evenly over the palate, imparting rich density all the while. It also delivers ripe blackberry, black cherry, leather, tar and sweet spice. You'd do well to enjoy it with some grilled sausages in front of the fire after a day of skiing. In general, these 2018 Merlots from Alto Adige show lots of generous fruit weight but mildly shorter length. ML Sep 2021.