Dr Pauly Fritz Fisk Spätburgunder

Tasting note:

The grapes for this seductive Pinot Noir come from vineyards in Rheinhessen. The wine ferments and matures in new and used barrels, which means the wood is subtly present. Soft with notes of plums and blackcurrants.

Dr Pauly

The most important asset of the Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler Winery is its vineyards. Extensive care for these vineyards, combined with deliberately low yields and selective manual processing, guarantee our extraordinary wines and their individual and unique character. The wine cellar is focused on a gentle treatment of the grapes and the young wines. Small stainless steel tanks are used where the grapes from each vineyard can be fermented separately.

The fermentation is kept at temperature and is kept very slow and at low temperatures to preserve the diversity of aromas and the vitality of the wines. In most vintages they have found all the varieties on a good wine menu, ranging from a juicy, firm table wine to a creamy, sweet dry berry selection.

Terroir. The Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler estate has 16 ha of Riesling vineyards in the steep, sloping Middle Mosel region. More than 75% of the vineyards are marked as “Steillage”. The soils of the vineyard consist mainly of remnants of soils from Devon slate with various parts of the topsoil and mineral stone. The slate gives the wines a delicate and cool minerality that is typical for a Mosel Riesling. The combination of cool climate, slate and Riesling makes our wines unique.

The Mosel Valley is one of the oldest wine regions in Germany. The steep slopes, densely planted with vineyards, make the Mosel a unique cultural and oenological landscape in the world of wine. The wine-growing tradition on the Mosel actually goes back to the Romans, 2000 years ago, whose many historic wine presses can still be found in the river valley. Almost 9,000 hectares of vineyards on the German part of the Mosel stretch over 243 kilometres, starting on the upper Mosel at Perl and ending in Koblenz, where the Mosel flows into the river Rhine.

The steep slate slopes of the Mosel store heat during the day and release it to the vines at night, creating a unique microclimate and optimal conditions for the growth of one of the world's finest grape varieties – the “Queen of Wines ” – the Riesling. This grape variety thrives on the slopes of the Mosel and produces finely fruity, highly mineral wines that are admired by wine connoisseurs on all continents

Dr Pauly Bergweiler