Willi Schäfer winery

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The Willi Schäfer winery is located in the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Graach an der Mosel in the Bernkastel (Middle Moselle ) area of ​​the German wine-growing region Mosel . In 2014, the winery cultivated around 4 hectares of vineyards that were exclusively planted with Riesling. The winery is a member of the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries (VDP).

history

Vineyards above Graach.
Vineyards near Graach.

The Schäfer family can prove their roots in Graach through a deed of donation from 1121. In 1971, Willi Schäfer took over oenological responsibility as cellar master.

In 1993, Willi Schäfer became a member of the "Großer Ring VDP Mosel-Saar-Ruwer" association. In 1997 the winery was nominated as “Newcomer of the Year” by the Gault Millau Wine Guide .

In 2002, son Christoph, “ Geisenheimer ” oenologist, joined the family winery together with his wife Andrea.

Vineyards and grape varieties

In the winery, four hectares of Riesling (100%) are cultivated on extreme slopes . The individual layers are in the Graacher Himmelreich, Graacher Domprobst and the Wehlener Sundial . According to wine journalists Stephen Brook and Stephan Reinhardt, the estate's best wines come from the Graacher Domprobst vineyard . The oldest vines are around 60 years old and 60–70% of these vines are direct producers with low stick yields.

The musts ferment in traditional barrel vats . The young wines lie on the fine lees for about six months before they are bottled .

With an average yield of 52 hectoliters per hectare, around 35,000 bottles of wine are produced each year. Only a small proportion is made dry . Fine dry to sweet wines dominate the menu. Schäfer tries to produce the wines as possible from healthy grapes without the strong influence of noble rot .

Reviews (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joel B. Payne (Ed.): Gault & Millau WeinGuide Germany 2014 , Christian, 2013, ISBN 3-86244-488-0 , p. 484
  2. ^ A b Stuart Piggot: The Wine Atlas of Germany . Antique Collectors Club Ltd, 1996, ISBN 978-1857326253 , pp. 55-56.
  3. ↑ a b c VDP - portrait of a winemaker . vdp.de. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  4. ^ A b c d e Robert Parker: The World's Greatest Wine Estates . Simon & Schuster, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7432-3771-0 , pp. 443-444.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Stephan Reinhardt: The Finest Wines of Germany: A Regional Guide to the Best Producers and Their Wines University of California, Davis , Fine Wine Editions, 2012, ISBN 0520273222 , p. 255
  6. ↑ a b Großer Ring - VDP Mosel Saar Ruwer . Grosserring.de. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ Weingut Willi Schaefer ( Memento from October 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in the Gault & Millau WeinGuide Germany online
  8. ↑ a b c Stephen Brook: The Wines of Germany . Mitchell Beazley, 2006, ISBN 978-1840007916 , pp. 157, 167, 202.
  9. ↑ Eichelmann 2009 - Germany's Wines , p. 551

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