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Mosel, Germany
This cuvee comes from the blue slate soils of the steep slope sites in the villages of Brauneberg and Mulheim. Short skin contact with gentle pressing yielded this wine with 17 g/l RS (off-dry). This may be their little entry level wine but it still shares the same minerality and smokiness and spice of their more expensive wines. It has beautiful approachability right now as it shows delicious juicy fruits like white peach and zingy grapefruit underpinned by lovely, refreshing acidity. Match with prawn Madras or quality pork cutlets with a tomato salad.
This cuvee comes from the blue slate soils of the steep slope sites of the villages of Brauneberg and Mulheim. Short skin contact with gentle pressing yielded this wine with 17 g/l RS (off-dry). This may be their little entry level wine but it still shares the same minerality and smokiness and spice of their more expensive wines. It has beautiful approachability right now as it shows delicious juicy fruits like white peach and zingy grapefruit underpinned by lovely, refreshing acidity.
Match with prawn Madras or quality pork cutlets with a tomato salad.
Varietal / Blend: Riesling
Decant: Not necessary
Closure: Screw cap
Farming Practices: Sustainable
The historic Fritz Haag wine estate is located in the heart of the central Mosel River Valley. The earliest documentation of the estate dates back to 1605. At that time, the village in which it is situated was known as ‘Dusemond.’ In 1925, this village was renamed ‘Brauneberg’ (‘brown mountain,’ a reference to the color of the slate soil in this area of the Mosel) in an endeavour to further promote the reputation of its world-renowned vineyards ‘Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr’ and ‘Brauneberg Juffer.’
For many years, the Fritz Haag wine estate was successfully headed by the endlessly energetic Wilhelm Haag, and achieved, under his guidance a world-renowned reputation. Wilhelm Haag was the first to win the acclaim ‘winemaker of the year,’ a highly coveted accolade introduced in 1994 by the famous Gault Millau Wineguide. Since 2005, son Oliver has taken over the reins and has joined his successful father in leading the estate into the future.
The Fritz Haag estate owns 18.5ha of vineyards which are all exclusively planted with Riesling. The excellent micro-climate and the deep slate soils of the Brauneberger Juffer slope form the basis for some of the most intensely flavoured and elegantly-structured Riesling wines of the Mosel region. Oliver Haag, the current proprietor, rigorously selects the clones most suited to the microclimate of his vineyards in order to achieve the maximum potential in the grapes. As a winemaker, Oliver’s skills are matched by few. His wines, which display a pleasing subtle colour, show a well-defined palate that reaches from honeysuckle to pears and apples. They are laced with citrus and underlying mineral tones, reflecting the brown slate vineyards of Brauneberg.
