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Still more disappointments, but a major success, Ludwig Knoll’s Stein. (Continue reading here.)
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Showing posts with label Juliusspital. Show all posts
2022, 2021, and 2018 Franken (Franconia) Silvaner Part I: Julius-Echter-Berg, Höheleite, Kammer, Maustal, Mönchshof, Schlossberg from Bickel-Stumpf, Castell, Juliusspital, Luckert, Weltner, Wirsching
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I love, love, LOVE Silvaner from Franken, but this set largely falls short of expectations. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2022 Franken (Franconia) Riesling GG Part II -- Apostelgarten, Centgrafenberg, Maustal, Pfülben, Rothlauf, Stein, Stein-Berg from Bickel-Stumpf, Bürgerspital, Fürst, Höfler, Juliusspital, Am Stein/Knoll, Luckert, Staatliche Hofkeller Würzburg
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Finishing up with Franken Rieslings — so many wonderful wines, so hard to obtain. (Continue reading here.)
2020 Franken Weisser Burgunder (Pinot Blanc) Karthäuser and Stein-Berg from Juliusspital and Staatliche Hofkeller Würzburg
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Only two wines shown here at the Wiesbaden GG Preview, but they show that Pinot Blanc (Weisser Burgunder) need not be a neutral, boring wine. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2020 Franken Riesling GG Part I -- Julius-Echter-Berg,Kammer, Stein-Berg from Bürgerspital, Juliusspital, Staatliche Hofkeller, Wirsching
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Moving to the last Riesling region, Franken, the excellence of the vintage continues. (Continue reading here.)
2021 and 2020 Franken Silvaner GG Part I: Fürstlicher Kalmuth, Höheleite, Julius-Echter-Berg, Stein-Berg, Stein-Harfe from Bürgerspital, Juliusspital, Löwenstein, Ruck, Staatliche Hofkeller, Weltner, and Wirsching
Before we get to the Rieslings, I’ll start with Silvaner GG’s that were presented at the Wiesbaden tasting. Here, too, the 2021 vintage was very successful, as was the 2020 vintage. (Continue reading here.)
2020 and 2019 Franken Grosses Gewächs Silvaner Part II (Julius-Echter-Berg, Hohenroth, Kammer, Am Lumpen 1655, Maustal, Pfülben, Steinbach Altenberg 1172 from Juliusspital, H. Sauer, R. Sauer, Schäffer, Sommerhausen, Schmitt's Kinder, Störrlein Krenig, Wirsching, Zehnthof Luckert)
Once again, two years with acidity too gentle to make truly great Silvaners, but some attractive ones for near- and medium-term drinking. (Continue reading here.)
2020 and 2019 Franken Grosses Gewächs Silvaner Part I (Himmelpfad, Hoheleite, Kallmuth, Rothlauf, Stein-Berg, Stein-Harfe from Bürgerspital zum Heiligen Geist, Juliusspital, Löwenstein, May, Stattliche Hofkeller Würzburg, Weltner)
Based on my sampling of 2019 and 2020 Silvaner GG at the Wiesbaden Preview, while there were good wines made in both vintages, the acidities are too relaxed to permit Franken Silvaner to show its true greatness in either vintage. (Continue reading here.)
2019 Franken Grosses Gewächs Riesling: (Stein-Berg, Hohenroth, Kallmuth, Lumpen 1655, Steinbach Altenberg 1172, Julius-Echter-Berg from Juliusspital, Krenig, Löwenstein, Schäffer, Sommerhausen, Wirsching)
This selection of 2019 Riesling GG’s indicates that fans will have fun for a long time debating which is the greater vintage, 2019 or 2020.
The Löwenstein and the Wirsching wines are in the traditional Bocksbeutel, the others in Burgundy-style bottles. (Continue reading here.)
2018 (and a late-released 2017) Weisser Burgunder GG's of Note from Saale-Unstrut, Baden, Franken, and Pfalz -- Bassermann-Jordan, Bercher, Juliusspital, Knipser, Messmer, Pawls, Pfeffingen, Staatliche Hofkeller Würzburg
Weisser Burgunder (literally, white Burgundy, also seen as Weisserburgunder, Weiss Burgunder, and Weissburgunder, and often with the “ss" written as “ß”) is what German Pinot Blanc is called. It can make a fascinating, racy wine in Germany, especially the Pfalz, that are unlike any Pinot Blanc that I know from any other wine region.
2018 was a difficult year for Weisser Burgunder, with too many examples being loose and flabby due to low acidity. I’ll spare you the notes on those wines and just present the minority that I tasted that are indeed worthy of interest. (Continue reading here.)
Late-Released 2017 Franken Riesling GG (Apostelgarten, Julius-Echter-Berg, KAMMEN Kronsberg, Lumpen 1655, Pfülben, Rothlauf, [Würzburg] Stein, Steinbach Alttenberg 1072) -- Arnold, Bickel-Stumpf, Höfler, Juliusspital, Schäffer, Sommerhausen, Wirsching
These wines are very good, but as a group do not stand above the 2018s that I just reviewed. (Continue reading here.)
2017 Franken Silvaner GG (Am Lumpen 1655, Hohenroth, Julius-Echterberg, Kronsberg, Mönchshof, Ratsherr, Rothlauf, Schlossberg, Stein [Würzburg], Steinbach Attenberg 1072 -- Arnold, Bickel-Stumpf, Castell, Juliusspital, Schäffer, Wirsching, Zur Schwane
The superiority of the 2017 vintage to the 2018 for Silvaner (as well as the advantage of giving the wines an extra year in bottle) is easily seen by comparing these notes with those for the 2018s.
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