2022 Franz Keller Spätburgunder Schlossberg Grosses Gewächs

Another fantastic and special Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) GG from Franz Keller. This Schlossberg Pinot Noir has beautiful and intense aromas of cherries, nuts, cloves and white pepper. Silky in texture, elegant. Fresh and firm with a slightly smoky taste, increased minerality and pleasant acidity & tannins with a long, powerful finish. Preferably let this wine age for a few more years - it will develop very well over the years. The wine has matured for 18 months in barrique barrels (35% new oak). The wine comes from Keller's Schlossberg vineyard. The central part of this historically important vineyard - warm, sheltered, steep slopes - stores heat and creates a unique microclimate. Acquiring this plot was no easy undertaking for the winery! While walking through the vineyards, Fritz Keller saw the beginnings of a beautiful vineyard. Since the preservation of old vines and their genetics is very important to him, he found out who owned the vineyard so he could make an offer. Although the owners had no successor who wanted to cultivate these steep slopes, selling the vineyard to someone from Oberbergen was not an option for the owners from Achkarren. Their attitude was: "An Achkarrer does not sell to an Oberbergener!" Fortunately, Fritz Keller was able to prove that his mother came from Achkarren, so the owners eventually said yes. Thanks to this effort, Schlossberg Grosses Gewächs is still a special and unique plot with old vines. Since 2009, the winery has had its own, manually cultivated plot here. This vineyard is surrounded by a stone wall and is characterized by its black volcanic soil. The stone wall is up to 4 meters high, about 150 meters long and, with the right care, will last for generations. Lizards, snakes and fire salamanders find shelter in the stone wall, especially in winter. The Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir grown here are a replanting of old vines All vineyards of the Franz Keller winery are located in the German region Kaiserstuhl, which is in the wine region Baden . Keller is a specialist in 'Burgundersorten', so the Pinots and Chardonnay. Especially the Spätburgunders (sometimes also called Pinot Noir by them because they work with clones from Burgundy) enjoy great international prestige. Last year Magda van der Rijst considered it her 'favorite producer of Spätburgunder from all of Germany', this year Lars Daniëls will once again put a wine from Keller on his shortlist during the Grosse Gewächse tasting in Wiesbaden. The Kaiserstuhl is the warmest and sunniest wine region in Germany and is characterized by volcanic soils covered with fertile high loess deposits that offer excellent wine growing conditions for what they call in Germany the Burgunder varieties such as Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Chardonnay and Spätburgunder. The Keller winery has truly beautifully situated vineyards, click here for an overview. At Keller they only use the best, carefully selected grapes from the best vineyards and plots: Schlossberg, Kirchberg, Eichberg, "Im Leh" and "Kähner". These wines mature in their best barrels and all have a unique character, potential and finesse - truly unique grand crus! The wine goes very well with a nice dinner with for example filet mignon, (roasted) game meat, truffle or porcini risotto. Also nice with a cheese board. FACT: In the tab 'Attachments' you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will often also receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address