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Schafer-Frohlich

2006 Schafer-Frohlich, Felseneck Riesling GG, Nahe 1.5L

Germany Riesling Nahe 1.5L

Wine Advocate

91

Vinous

91
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2006 Schafer-Frohlich, Felseneck Riesling GG, Nahe 1.5L
Schafer-Frohlich

2006 Schafer-Frohlich, Felseneck Riesling GG, Nahe 1.5L

Germany Riesling Nahe 1.5L

Wine Advocate

91

Vinous

91
/

Felseneck is always quite compelling, the soils comprised of blue Devonian slate, basalt and quartz. Frohlich will often produce his best off-dry & sweet wines from this vineyard, but the GG is stunning - truly almost weightless yet complex, crystalline in its minerality, with white citrus and floral notes as well. One to hold!

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The classic story - a 2-century old family vineyard finally finds the right hands in the 9th generation. Tim Fröhlich made his first vintage in 1995 and has since been held as one of the greatest winemaking talents in Germany, regularly creating wines of both density and energy.

Schafer-Frohlich

The Nahe is home to some famous German estates but Schafer-Fröhlich is tops among them, counting among their 21 hectares of vines the famous Felseneck, Kupfergrube and Felsenberg. As with so many classic German estates, the slopes of these vineyards are so intense that everything must be harvested by hand, resulting in a rigorous selection process of tiny grapes that intensify the flavors and quality of his six GG wines.

Since he ascended to the winemaking seat in 1995, Tim made some smart trades and acquisitions of land, increasing his family's holdings to include a fine palate of vineyard and soil types; Felseneck's quartzite soils provide an elegant, defined wine. Felsenberg and Kupfergrube have volcanic influences, providing richness and more spiced mineral tones; Halenberg's blue slate and Frühlingsplätzchen's red slate offer unique, more crystalline qualities, in their own right top Grand Crus of the Nahe.

Tim's strengths are clear in poor or hot vintages, as he is quite adept in managing his vineyard to weather the varied storms; his wines are consistently stunning in quality, be they of rainy vintages like 2014 or hot as in 2018. Without a doubt, some of Germany's best wines come from this estate every single year.

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Schafer-Frohlich

The classic story - a 2-century old family vineyard finally finds the right hands in the 9th generation. Tim Fröhlich made his first vintage in 1995 and has since been held as one of the greatest winemaking talents in Germany, regularly creating wines of both density and energy.

The Nahe is home to some famous German estates but Schafer-Fröhlich is tops among them, counting among their 21 hectares of vines the famous Felseneck, Kupfergrube and Felsenberg. As with so many classic German estates, the slopes of these vineyards are so intense that everything must be harvested by hand, resulting in a rigorous selection process of tiny grapes that intensify the flavors and quality of his six GG wines.

Since he ascended to the winemaking seat in 1995, Tim made some smart trades and acquisitions of land, increasing his family's holdings to include a fine palate of vineyard and soil types; Felseneck's quartzite soils provide an elegant, defined wine. Felsenberg and Kupfergrube have volcanic influences, providing richness and more spiced mineral tones; Halenberg's blue slate and Frühlingsplätzchen's red slate offer unique, more crystalline qualities, in their own right top Grand Crus of the Nahe.

Tim's strengths are clear in poor or hot vintages, as he is quite adept in managing his vineyard to weather the varied storms; his wines are consistently stunning in quality, be they of rainy vintages like 2014 or hot as in 2018. Without a doubt, some of Germany's best wines come from this estate every single year.

The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

91

The 2006 Nahe Riesling Bockenauer Felseneck "GG" opens intense and powerful yet still delicate on the nose, where ginger and ripe stone fruit aromas intertwine with dusty slate notes. Powerful and elegant on the palate, this is a rich, piquant and well-structured Felseneck with good expression. (From my rediscovered archive; tasted in February 2015.)

Vinous

Vinous

91

Pale yellow. Rich papaya fruit, oyster shell and nut oil on the nose. Crisp, well-structured citrus fruits drive the wine forward. Offers good weight in the mouth, as well as superb purity and a complex finish.

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

91

The 2006 Nahe Riesling Bockenauer Felseneck "GG" opens intense and powerful yet still delicate on the nose, where ginger and ripe stone fruit aromas intertwine with dusty slate notes. Powerful and elegant on the palate, this is a rich, piquant and well-structured Felseneck with good expression. (From my rediscovered archive; tasted in February 2015.)

Vinous

Vinous

91

Pale yellow. Rich papaya fruit, oyster shell and nut oil on the nose. Crisp, well-structured citrus fruits drive the wine forward. Offers good weight in the mouth, as well as superb purity and a complex finish.