Showing posts with label Wirsching (Hans). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wirsching (Hans). 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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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.

Notes on the 2017s and 2016s presented at last year’s tasting are here, here, and here.

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