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90 points Falstaff
The Castell family owns 80 hectares of the finest franconian vineyard sides. The majority is the white variety Silvaner. The terroir is characterized by a continental climate and gypsum skeuper soil, which gives the wines their spicy, strong note.
April 6th, 1659 was to become an important date for Castell, Franconian and also German viticulture - the first planting ..
Following a dry winter and spring time the shooting of the vines started already in April, but it was suddenly disrupted by night frost up to minus 6° C in April. At the end of August an early crop could be envisaged, and indeed they started harvesting the early varieties already on September 7, very early compared to the preceding years.
Kugelspiel vineyard, sandy clay soil with sand stone inclusions
Single bow. Selective hand-picking in small boxes. Gentle pressing, ageing partly in wooden barrels and partly spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Approx. 4 months rest on fine yeast.