Schafer-Frohlich Estate Riesling Trocken 2018

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Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

ABV
12%

Features
Screw Cap

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Fresh and flowing, this Riesling is fine and complex. The calling card of Schafer-Frohlich.

Professional Ratings

  • 92

    Lime zest and graphite introduce this piercing, strikingly mineral dry Riesling. Piercing acidity and tangs of slate and steel on the palate lend a firm, upright tone. An elegant, rather cerebral wine that should meld beautifully now–2024.

  • 91
    Tim Fröhlich's 2018 Riesling Trocken offers a clear, ripe, intense, elegant and even pure and stony Riesling bouquet that already represents the highly elaborated style of this outstanding producer. Lush, precise and salty on the palate, with a nervy mineral acidity and herbal (marjoram) notes on the clear and structured finish, this is a medium-bodied yet quite intense and elegant dry Riesling of remarkable class. Hard to imagine there could be any other estate Riesling of this personality and complexity. Absolutely impressive.
  • 91
    Sourced from younger vines, this is a blend of four sites and it has a very attractive fresh-fruit nose with plenty of guava, peach and grapefruit, as well as stony notes. The palate has a very concise, dry, succulent feel with smooth, fleshy, mineral tang at the finish.

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Schafer-Frohlich

Schafer-Frohlich

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Schafer-Frohlich, Germany
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While wine making has been in the family since the 1800's, the winery just recently developed into a rising star over the past few years, adding another estate to the elite in the Nahe region. While father Hans takes care of the vineyards, wife Karin and son Tim are the winemaking team. With a low yield policy (average yield around 50 hl/ha) and the recent acquisition of more great vineyard sites to their holdings, the winery is well on the way to challenge top estates such as Dönnhoff and Schönleber.

The soils in the area consist of Porphyr, Melaphyr, weathered vulcanic rock, and a mixture of red loess, red slate, and blue slate from the devonian age.

While the dry wines are representatives of great quality, the noble sweet wines are among the best of the region. The estate has achieved numerous awards with Gault Millau and other German publications.

The Schäfer-Fröhlich Estate is a member of the VDP Nahe.

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Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.

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Steep and terraced slopes of a sandstone, porphyry, and slate produce some of Germany’s best Rieslings, which are full of pronounced aromas, spice and mineral.

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