Eva Fricke - Riesling Trocken 'Mélange' 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Eva Fricke
Country	Germany
Region	Rheingau
Varietal	Riesling
Vintage	2020
Sku	204209
Size	750ml

Eva Fricke Description

Eva Fricke was raised in Bremen, Germany, a place better known for beer than wine, the daughter of doctors. Uninterested in medical school, Eva made her way to the Rheingau to study at Geisenheim University before setting off to spread her wings in harvests around the world, from Australia to Bordeaux (Château Cissac in Haut-Médoc) to Ribera del Duero (Pingus). Yet there was something about the Rheingau that called to her. She soon settled in as winemaker at Weingut Leitz, one of the region’s most prolific wineries, playing a significant role in the company’s growth as Technical Director. Curiosity led her to start making her own wine as a side project from a rented parcel in 2006.. And by 2011, she was able to strike out on her own and founded Weingut Eva Fricke.

Over the years, her humble project has grown into a patchwork of 17 hectares of vineyards between Lorch, Eltville, Hattenheim and Kiedrich. Her single-vineyard expressions of Riesling give some of the most exquisite and honest expressions of Rheingau terroir, a territory that she is steadfastly committed to propelling into the highest echelons of recognition when it comes to German winemaking.

Blend of vineyards in Eltville & Hattenheim from the eastern sector of the Rheingau. Vineyards grown on loess & loam soils; partly interspersed with pebble or quartzite.

Wine Advocate: 94 Points

The 2020 Rheingau Riesling Trocken Mélange blends the fruit from the Eltviller Langenstück and Kalbspflicht and opens with intense, perfectly ripe and juicy fruit aromas intertwined with delicate slate and lemon aromas. Silky, lush and persistently salty on the palate, this is a full-bodied, lush and intense, very complex and sustainably structured Riesling with persistent salinity and mineral length. This is a great wine to be served from a big glass when young. Aeration will help to dive deeper into the layered dimensions of the 2020 Mélange.

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