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Schafer-Frohlich

2021 Schafer-Frohlich, Final Riesling Trocken, Nahe 1.5L

Germany Riesling Nahe 1.5L

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2021 Schafer-Frohlich, Final Riesling Trocken, Nahe 1.5L
Schafer-Frohlich

2021 Schafer-Frohlich, Final Riesling Trocken, Nahe 1.5L

Germany Riesling Nahe 1.5L

Wine Advocate

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CellarTracker

94
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The first release (though produced as early as 2018) of "Final" was released at the Auktion after Frohlich's father's passing. From 60+ year-old vines in the lowest-yielding parcels of Felseneck which has blue Devonian slate, basalt and quartz soils. Highly limited.

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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

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From one of the steepest vineyards of the Felseneck and the oldest vines, the 2021 Riesling Trocken Final offers an intense and concentrated, enormously iodine bouquet of dark flint stones (in fact, this seems to be the quintessence of Devonian slate) and graphite intertwined with dried chamomile and concentrated lemon aromas. Rich and concentrated as well as round and lush on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense, intense and powerful, crystalline and enormously salty, highly complex and sustainable Riesling from 70+-year-old vines in a superb, shockingly steep slate terroir. The finish shows grape tannins, is stimulatingly salty and fine but will also satisfy hedonistic minds. This is nearly as powerful as the 2020 Felseneck GG but finer, saltier and flintier on the finish. Definitely one of Tim Fröhlich's greatest wines so far. Tasted as a sample at the domaine in July 2022.

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

98-99

From one of the steepest vineyards of the Felseneck and the oldest vines, the 2021 Riesling Trocken Final offers an intense and concentrated, enormously iodine bouquet of dark flint stones (in fact, this seems to be the quintessence of Devonian slate) and graphite intertwined with dried chamomile and concentrated lemon aromas. Rich and concentrated as well as round and lush on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense, intense and powerful, crystalline and enormously salty, highly complex and sustainable Riesling from 70+-year-old vines in a superb, shockingly steep slate terroir. The finish shows grape tannins, is stimulatingly salty and fine but will also satisfy hedonistic minds. This is nearly as powerful as the 2020 Felseneck GG but finer, saltier and flintier on the finish. Definitely one of Tim Fröhlich's greatest wines so far. Tasted as a sample at the domaine in July 2022.