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Frauenberg, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs
Battenfeld-Spanier

Frauenberg, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs, 2022

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justerini & brooks tasting note

A very windy site that offers up light to the Hergott’s darkness. A super sophisticated nose, marrying freshly squeezed lemon juice, brine, complex notes of wild fermentation with white pepper and a touch of fennel. The soil is extremely rocky and stony, not heavy at all. “It took us 20 years to truly understand the elegance of this wine” Oliver explained. It seems like they’ve got a pretty good handle on it now. The vines here have very little topsoil before diving straight into limestone. Buffeted by wind from the Zellertal valley, sitting at 280m above sea level, this is always the last vineyard to be harvested and the wines have an aromatic clarity that is startling.

critic reviews

97/100Stephan Reinhardt,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The intensely yellow-colored 2022 Nieder-Florsheim Frauenberg GG is from pure, calcareous soils and opens with a deep and chalky, lemony bouquet with notes of crushed stones, blueberry bushes. Round and refined on the palate, with fine, silky tannins and a smooth, chalky texture, this is a fabulous Frauenberg whose finish is still astringent and not singing but the potential is superb. It's a generous and substantial wine that should be drunk years from now. It will be released in spring of next year. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2023.

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2050
date of review 12/2023
93-96/100Anne Krebiehl,Vinous

The 2022 Riesling Nieder-Flörsheimer Frauenberg Grosses Gewächs benefited from its 280m-elevation and exposed nature that ensures ventilation. This is always the last site to be harvested. The nose is still shy. Gentle cream, fresh, green hazelnut kernel, Amalfi lemon and lemon balm hints only appear slowly and remain subdued. It strikes an immediate balance on the palate: coolness, creaminess, balm-like and concentrated texture that seems soothing, cooling and benign. Very concentrated notes of ripe lemon appear alongside phenolics reminiscent of tea leaf tannins. This is stunning, layered, pure, but above all, textured. A marvel. The long finish holds a delicious flicker of grapefruit zest. (Bone-dry)

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2050
date of review 09/2023

product details

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Germany
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abv:
12.5%