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Assmannshäuser 'Rotschiefer' Pinot Noir, Künstler 2021
The Künstler estate is based in the town of Hochheim in the Rheingau. Quality has been improving for a number of years at this Rheingau estate and this red is simply a delight. Bright red berry fruits, raspberries and cherries are supported by fine-grained, silky tannins and hints of spice.
Price:
£25.00
Bottle
Price:
£300.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: GE17431
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Pinot Noir
- 75cl
- Now to 2030
- 13.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Screwcap
Künstler
Gunther Künstler had big shoes to fill when he took over from his father Franz in 1992. Franz, whose family had owned vineyards in Moravia, Czechoslovakia for three centuries before expropriation and exile at the end of the Second World War, was an influential winemaker and one of Germany’s best of the post-war period. After more than a decade as winemaker at the famous Domdechant Werner estate he established his own vineyards and winery in 1965, the latter in the famous town of Hochheim-am-Main, where he proceeded to accumulate small parcels of vines on excellent sites, and very quickly established a superb reputation for the quality of his wines. Fortunately Gunther has been more than capable of meeting the challenge and many would argue that Künstler is the top estate in Hochheim. From their seven hectares of vineyards at eight sites around Hochheim they produce exhilarating dry and sweet wines from riesling, and have recently acquired four parcels further along the river at Rudesheim.
Winemaking is a marriage of the traditional and the modern, where technological support is readily used but does not overshadow the sensitivity of the winemaker, in this case Gunther, and all the years of experience he has under his belt. Ultimately Gunther makes no bones about wanting his wines to display poise and harmony, a sure sense of terroir and great potential for ageing. The riesling grapes are hand harvested and destalked before cooling, and then the musts are put into stainless...