FELSENECK Riesling GG - VDP.GROSSE LAGE, 2023
About this wine
Wine Style:
Unique combination of full body and slender fruit. Precise and sharp with a vibrant acidity.
Tasting Notes:
Clear, pale, lemongreen. Nose: Clean, ripe green fruit. Green apple and peach. Citrus notes of lime and baked lemon. Hint of tropical fruit. Soft minerals slate and flint. Palate: juicy with rich acidity. Soft green fruit, more dominated by baked citrus on palate. Soft minerality. Great concentration, acidity and medium intensity. long finish. Solid aging potential and the wine will show much more.
Vineyards:
steep, southfacing slope (240- >300 m), Sun stays long in the evening, Rocky sparse soil of Devonian Slate and Quartzites, made of grapes from oldest and steepest vineyards. Long period of vegetation and late harvested
Winemaking process:
Felseneck is a steep, south-facing Grosse Lage in Bockenau on blue Devonian slate, with slopes of 50% and more. Low-yielding grapes are picked selectively by hand, fermented spontaneously in steel tanks and matured on site. The name means "rock corner", and this GG is regarded as Tim Fröhlich's flagship wine.
Interesting notes:
97 Points" - Stephen Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, 98 points, Stuart Piggott, Drinking Window: 2023-2035. 19/20 Michael Schmidt, 95pts Mosel Fine Wines Issue 58 July 2021, 19/20pts Jancis Robinson, 98pts James Suckling
Vinoteka's note
Felseneck is a steep, sun-facing slope of cool blue slate above Bockenau, farmed organically by Tim Fröhlich, one of the Nahe's most celebrated growers. The 2023 Grosses Gewächs is a dry, powerful Riesling with lime zest, green apple, wet stone and white flowers, a tight spine of acidity, a touch of smoke and a long, lightly salty finish. Drinks from release and will age for many years; serve at 10–12 °C with fish, seafood or vegetable dishes.
“Enormous flinty energy that extends into every corner of your palate.”James Suckling · 98 / 100 · 2023
Written by the Vinoteka team from the producer's technical sheet.
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