Battenfeld-Spanier

Frauenberg, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs, 2020

Name: Frauenberg, Riesling, Grosses Gewächs
Brand: Battenfeld-Spanier
Price: 333.13 GBP

92+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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all 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023

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Last Few
2020
75cl
DP
£55.51
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2020
75cl
DP
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2020
6x75cl
DP
£333.13
2020
6x75cl
DP
£333.13
Last Few
2020
6x75cl
DP
£333.13
Last Few
2020
6x75cl
DP
£333.13

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This is wild and spontaneous and primal, from pepper, to smoke to very fine citrus spray and green apples. The palate plays with fine red fruit, a seam of stoniness and a sense of tension and chewiness. Finishing long and haunting, this is a GG with such a huge character - complexity but also great refinement and levity. Cool, stony yet also highly expressive. top stuff. 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.

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Critic Reviews

92+/100

Stephan Reinhardt,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Hans-Oliver Spanier's 2020 Frauenberg Riesling GG is clear and very stony on the spicy, untamed and reductive nose that needs a lot of time to open up and gain finesse. Rich and round on the palate, this full-bodied and elegant Riesling is still slightly bitter due to the long lees' aging, and it remains brittle for the moment. Not really stimulating at this early stage but already bottled. Maybe time will help? Tasted in Wiesbaden at the end of August 2021.

drinking window 2026 - 2035

date of review 09/2021

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.