- Colour Red
- Producer Fürst
- Region Franken
- Drinking 2026 - 2033
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2021 - Fürst Spätburgunder Bürgstadter Berg Erste Lage - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Fürst
- Region Franken
- Drinking 2026 - 2033
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, August 2023
Erste Lage is Germany’s Premier Cru classification. While this small, premier cru vineyard is south facing, there is a cooler microclimate which gives this wine its characteristic freshness. Fragrant red berries, watermelon, pomegranate and delicate rose. Soft, fine-grained tannins and a taut acidity give the abundant fruit and earthy spice an enveloping structure that will allow this to age very gracefully. Drink 2026-2033.
Producer
Fürst
The village of Bürgstadt in Franken, just east of Frankfurt, is one of Germany’s longest-standing Pinot Noir enclaves. The magnificent south-facing Centgrafenberg vineyard with its iron-rich decomposed red sandstone is very rare and one of Germany’s greatest sites. Here, Pinot Noir can bathe in the warm summer sun, yet retain tension and acidity from the region’s temperate climate. Father Paul Fürst has gradually passed on...Read more
The village of Bürgstadt in Franken, just east of Frankfurt, is one of Germany’s longest-standing Pinot Noir enclaves. The magnificent south-facing Centgrafenberg vineyard with its iron-rich decomposed red sandstone is very rare and one of Germany’s greatest sites. Here, Pinot Noir can bathe in the warm summer sun, yet retain tension and acidity from the region’s temperate climate. Father Paul Fürst has gradually passed on the winemaking responsibilities to his son Sebastian who works the vineyards by hand, concentrating every effort on producing wines of precision and fragrant appeal from low yields. Sebastian trained in Burgundy, at Domaine de l’Arlot, so it’s perhaps no surprise that they work a lot with whole cluster, 100% for the single vineyard wines and up to 25% for the estate wines. Their wines have a distinctive clarity, nimble weight, pure red fruit notes, and silky but firm tannin structure. During our last visit, Paul opened a bottle of 2001 Fruhburgunder Centgrafenberg, which was perfectly fresh, showing the immense ease with which these beautiful wines age.Read less
Region
Franken
This region in central Germany is mainly planted with white varieties. However, the small proportion of Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) plantings – only 20% of the vineyard area – mean it is emerging as Germany’s premium red wine producing region, thanks especially to growers like Paul Fürst, whose crystalline, pure wines are leading the way. Growers are planting with Dijon clones, which produce silky, precise wines. The cru system here (Grosse Gewäch = Grand Cru) will reward any Pinot lover looking for exemplary quality beyond Burgundy.