Frank John Das Hirschhorner Weinkontor

2020 Riesling Amphore Prinzessin auf der Beere

Pfalz
Riesling
White wine
Demeter certified
Biodinamic

Finally the time has come! Exactly three years ago I was crowned Palatinate Wine Princess and now I have my own wine in honor and in memory of this very limited term of office (more lock-down than events). The hand-picked Riesling grapes were allowed to ferment and ripen spontaneously in a stoneware amphora in the open air for two years. The wine was bottled by hand without added sulfur and without filtration. So it’s already explained why “Princess” is on the label; but why “on the berry”? Some of you may already be able to guess. I was inspired by the Grimm fairy tale “Princess and the Pea” so I added a hand-stemmed and fermented berry to each bottle using tweezers! Each bottle was closed manually with a high-quality cork. The bottled wine was allowed to mature in the bottle for another year. 640 manually numbered 0.75 l bottles and 12 magnums are now available to purchase from us as a “late release”. Good things just take time ? Golden yellow with green reflections. Herbal aromas in the nose, fine green tea. In the mouth there is a complex, dense creamy structure with ripe fruit aromas such as melon, sun-ripened pineapple and citrus. Only the delicate, well-balanced herbal note in the finish reveals the long fermentation on the skin. The characteristic Riesling acidity is part of the expressive structure. A brilliant wine for meditation or as an accompaniment to food such as grilled green asparagus and summer vegetables.