Weingut Spanier-Gillot

2022 Battenfeld Spanier Frauenberg GG

VDP. Grosse Lage Rheinhessen
Riesling
White wine

The historic site can be traced back through official documents to at least 1290, where it was called the “an frauwenhalten” and was in the possession of a nunnery. H.O. Spanier rescued the Frauenberg out of oblivion and back into the consciousness of wine lovers. While purely south facing, 280 meter high, the exposed site on the Frauenberg experiences constant cooling winds, with a broken limestone top layer and a base substrate of solid limestone. The vines dig deep into the hard, mineral-rich soil. This lends them a self-sustaining character and allows for long, healthy vegetative periods, even in extreme years.With a reputation that precedes itself, in its youth the Frauenberg is more of a sketch than a highly shaded and detailed self-portrait.The Frauenberg is a deeply mineral-driven wine which shows the precision of the mineral with an enormous ageing potential.