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Jean Stodden - Das Rotweingut

Germany Ahr

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2017 Rech Herrenberg Frühburgunder Grosses Gewächs, Ahr, Germany

Type: Red wine

Quantity: 0.75 l

Alcohol content : 13%

Price: 39.00 €

Bottle closue: Natural cork

Maturing: Barrique

Registration number : #17950901019

Wine Review Report :

Wein-Plus rating: Excellent (91 WP)

Last reviewed: 10 September 2019

Editor note: Fairly tart nose, hint of bacon, ripe red and some black berries, earthy and dried vegetal notes, light nutty oak and tarry traces. Firm, ripe, partly preserved fruit on the palate, smoky, toasted oak, herbs and spices, tarry traces again, hint of cocoa in the background, fairly well integrated, fine sandy tannins, good substance and persistence, some depth, full body, slightly noticeable warm alcohol, more fairly dark, preserved notes on a very good, juicy finish.

Best to drink: 2020-2026+

The cultivation area with a vineyard of 557 hectares lies in the federal state Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany, Historically secured here is the wine growing attributable to the Franks from the 8th century. The cultivation area is after a western tributary of the Rhine named. The Ahr rises in the Eifel and flows south of Bonn in the Rhine. The vineyards are located on south facing steep slopes in the lower and middle part of the deeply cut river valley over a length of about 25 kilometers. In the upper region between Altenahr and Marienthal, slate weathering prevails in the narrow valley areas. In this narrow valley, the vineyards reach almost to...

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