Carl Ehrhard Frau Ehrhard Riesling trocken Landwein Rheingau 2021
The Riesling Frau Ehrhard "natürlich" is one of our favourites here at Goldhahn and Sampson. With its light, playful, and wild nature this Riesling has convinced us right from the beginning. The grapes are harvested every year from two plots of land in Bischofsberg and Berg Roseneck, which are over 40 years old. Carl ferments the grapes on their skins for two months before the wine is placed in large wooden barrels for eighteen months. Then it is bottled unfiltered. Due to the maceration, the wine has a beautiful golden colour. At just 11.5% alcohol, it is completely dry, yet shows some juicy, ripe fruit aromas such as mirabelle, yellow apple, and orange zest. When the vines produce light, yet fully ripe grapes this stems it's a sign for the right balance of the vines. Some rose and marzipan fill out the complex bouquet. We always have a bottle of this exciting and extraordinary ready at our fridge. Best enjoyed in a large Burgundy glass when Mrs. Ehrhard "natürlich" unfolds her whole spectrum of aromas.
A few years ago, Carl Ehrhard made a decision that changed his whole life, and since then, his motto has been: more slowness and conscious action. Or as Carl describes his philosophy: 'More time is worth more to me than more money. 'His goal is to slow down life and wine and to make wines according to his own taste. Back then he threw all stainless steel tanks out of the basement. Now only 600l half pieces and 1200l piece barrels are used for fermentation and maturation. Since then Carl has worked in the vineyard without herbicides and without pesticides. No fining agents or bentonite are used in the basement. The wines are fermented spontaneously and only minimally filtered. He also reduced the size of his vineyard to 7.5 hectares, because what he does is only possible on a small scale. Carl knows his vines down to the smallest detail. When he was eight years old, he already helped his father to plant part of the 'Kuhweg' plot in Bischofsberg in Rüdesheim. A special detail is the old parcel names on his labels: they refer to the original parcels prior to the 1971 site simplification. We're very pleased to be able to offer Carl Ehrhard's beautiful wines from such great Rüdesheimer locations as Berg Roseneck and Berg Rottland. Our advice: The wines can take a lot of air, so we recommend to drink them from large wine glasses. Once opened, the wines increase in the bottle on the second and third day.
Bottler: Weingut Carl Ehrhard, Geisenheimer Str. 3, 65385 Rüdesheim, Germany
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Ingredients:
Riesling
Allergenes:
Contains sulphites
Carl Ehrhard
A few years ago, Carl Ehrhard made a decision that changed his whole life, and since then, his motto has been: more slowness and conscious action. Or as Carl describes his philosophy: 'More time is worth more to me than more money. 'His goal is to slow down life and wine and to make wines according to his own taste. Back then he threw all stainless steel tanks out of the basement. Now only 600l half pieces and 1200l piece barrels are used for fermentation and maturation. Since then Carl has worked in the vineyard without herbicides and without pesticides. No fining agents or bentonite are used in the basement. The wines are fermented spontaneously and only minimally filtered. He also reduced the size of his vineyard to 7.5 hectares, because what he does is only possible on a small scale. Carl knows his vines down to the smallest detail. When he was eight years old, he already helped his father to plant part of the 'Kuhweg' plot in Bischofsberg in Rüdesheim. A special detail is the old parcel names on his labels: they refer to the original parcels prior to the 1971 site simplification. We're very pleased to be able to offer Carl Ehrhard's beautiful wines from such great Rüdesheimer locations as Berg Roseneck and Berg Rottland. Our advice: The wines can take a lot of air, so we recommend to drink them from large wine glasses. Once opened, the wines increase in the bottle on the second and third day.
