Proidl Riesling Ried Pfeningberg Kremstal DAC Reserve Erste Lage

Proidl Riesling Ried Pfeningberg Kremstal DAC Reserve Erste Lage

WHY WE LOVE IT

  • Individualistic terroir-wine from a steep slope of mica schist – by no means a wine for vinological techno-fans!
  • The first documented mention of the Pfeningberg vineyard dates back to 1291, when a penny was paid for it. So the name can either have come from a particularly low price of real estate, or, as the vernacular suggests, from the wisdom that one must work very hard to earn every penny from this vineyard.
  • Old plants there provide the indispensable prerequisite for vinifying great wines. Vines can certainly root themselves well into the mica schist, but that takes several decades.

Varietal: 100% Riesling

Elaboration: 100% handpicked. Two times sorting in vineyards and one sorting table, 50% destemmed and 50% full cluster. 50% of the wine was aged in Large (500-2000 liter) wooden foudre (with ML fermentation) for 5 months. Wooden foudre are made of Austrian Oak, French Oak and Acacia. The other 50% was aged on the lees in Stainless steel tank (no ML fermentation).

Tasting Notes: Glistening golden yellow, apricot fruit packed in salty minerality and invigorating acidity give the wine its weightless elegance and grace, despite its substantial power. This wine wins the best prognosis for future enjoyment (if you do not drink it before!)

PRESS

2021 – 95 James Suckling | 94 Falstaff | 93 Wine Advocate

2022 – 96 James Suckling | 96 Vinous | 96 Falstaff | 94+ Wine Advocate | 91 Wine Enthusiast

2023 – 94-96 Vinous | 96 James Suckling | 95 Falstaff

PRODUCER BACKGROUND

The Proidl family have been in Seftenberg since 1650, when they fled their native Bremen (in present-day Germany) during the Thirty Years’ War. By 1738 they were established in the wine trade, and the family business, Weingut Proidl, is now run by Franz and Andrea Proidl, along with their son and winemaker Patrick Proidl, who represent the ninth and tenth generations of the Proidl family in the business. Their sweeping and steep vineyards total twenty-five hectares of vines in the most notable Kremstal single vineyard sites: Ehrenfels, Hochäcker, Pellingen, Pfenningberg and Rameln.