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Schafer Frohlich 'Felseneck' Riesling GG 2021
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- TASTING NOTE: "Gigantic, flinty nose that makes you feel like you are licking the moist underside of a piece of vineyard slate on a hot summer day. Yellow-grapefruit, blood-orange and guava aromas. Enormously concentrated and vibrant, with almost supernatural energy, this dry riesling lifts off and heads straight out of the solar system. At the extremely long finish, the minerality really doesn’t want to stop! From organically grown grapes with Fair'n Green certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2024." 98 Points - JamesSuckling.com
- ABOUT THE WINE: Grosses Gewachs (GG) is the German equivalent of the French, Grand Cru vineyard classification. The steep Felseneck vineyard sits upon blue devonian slate and quartz soils which give the wine it's famed mineral, stony characters. Yields are tiny and vineyard management is with organic principals. Wild yeast fermentation.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Tim Fröhlich took over the family estate from his parents in 1995 and implemented strict regimes to improve quality levels, both in the vineyard and winery, that has seen the estate rise meteorically in the years since. Today it is considered one of the best wineries in Germany.
The family's wine history goes back more than 200 years to 1800, when the Fröhlichs first produced wine. Tim's parents Karin and Hans Fröhlich took over the winery in the early 1970s. Riesling is the dominant variety of the estate with about 85% of area under vine and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir together accounting for the rest. The wineries best vineyards are found in Felseneck in Bockenheim, plus Stromberg, Felsenberg and Kupfergrube in Schlossböckelheim as well as Halenberg and Frühlingsplätzchen in Monzingen.
- COUNTRY: Germany
- REGION: Nahe
- VARIETAL: Riesling
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Tim Fröhlich
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 12%
- SIZE: 750ml
