2017 Franz Keller Grauburgunder Schlossberg Grosses Gewächs

The Franz Keller Grauburgunder Achkarrer Schlossberg Grosses Gewächs has a light straw color with beautiful golden reflections in the glass. The nose smells of pears, ripe red apples and mineral notes. The bouquet is also accompanied by toasty notes and is lush. In the mouth there are intense citrus fruits, with a little almond, nut and nougat. The finish is long and elegant.

The wine comes from Keller's Schlossberg vineyard. The central part of this historically significant vineyard - warm, sheltered, steep slopes - stores heat and creates a unique microclimate. Acquiring this plot was not an easy undertaking for the winery! While walking through the vineyards, Fritz Keller saw the beginning of a beautiful vineyard. Since preserving 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 to work 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 Oberbergener!" Fortunately, Fritz Keller was able to prove that his mother was from Achkarren, so the owners finally said yes. Thanks to this effort, Schlossberg Grosses Gewächs is still a special and unique parcel of old vines. Since 2009, the winery still has 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 proper 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 growing here are a replanting of old vines

All vineyards of winery Franz Keller are located in the German Kaiserstuhl region, which is located in the Baden wine region. Keller is a specialist in 'Burgundersorten', so the Pinots and Chardonnay. Especially the Spätburgunders (sometimes called Pinot Noir because they work with clones from Burgundy) enjoy great international renown. Last year Magda van der Rijst considered it her 'favorite producer of Spätburgunder from all over Germany', this year Lars Daniëls will once again put a wine from Keller in 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 provide excellent wine-growing conditions for what in Germany they call the Burgundersorts such as Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Chardonnay and Spätburgunder. Winery Keller has really beautifully situated vineyards. At Keller, only the best, carefully selected grapes from the best vineyards and parcels are used: Schlossberg, Kirchberg, Eichberg, "Im Leh" and "Kähner". These wines mature in their best barrels and each has a unique character, potential and finesse - truly unique grand crus!

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