2018 Frauenberg Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs
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Keller's 2018 Frauenberg Spätburgunder GG comes along with just 12.3% alcohol and a concentrated, fascinatingly seductive, open and generous yet refined and floral bouquet of red and black currants, cherries and weathered limestones or even chalky aromas. Everything here is perfectly interwoven, precise, highly refined yet also intense. From vines roughly 30 years old and vinified with 50% whole clusters, the wine reveals a lean, fresh and elegant texture with silky tannins and a salivating purity. Cool as silk and full of finesse, with refreshing and spicy tannins that gave a tangy finish, this is a very elegant Frauenberg and arguably one of the finest made here.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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Burgundy clones planted with mass selection in the late 1990s. 60% stems. Eight barrels of 250 litres, 2nd, 3rd, 4th use. Not yet racked (16 months) and no SO2 up to this point – just a little will be added at bottling. Barrel sample, likely to be bottled in April 2020. Mid bright cherry red. A little spicy and not as sweet-smelling as the Bürgel. There’s more restraint in the fruit flavour, it’s a little more savoury, so incredibly pure and just slightly darker red in fruit profile. A touch of vanilla sweetness but not in the least oaky. The tannins are like a whisper, so breathlessly light. Great length, purity and precision. It dances but you feel it will never run out of energy and will dance the night away. (JH)
About the producer
Based in the Rheinhessen, Keller is one of the finest Riesling producers in the world, and has set the benchmark for German Pinot Noir.