Community Tasting Note

• m_arcon wrote: 92 points

  April 4, 2018 - Asperg Wine Syndrome Tasting Group: Crisscross (Private Location): I wasn’t sure if it was the right time to open up this guy but I decided to give it a try. The problem I have with Schäfer-Fröhlichs with some age, that I tasted recently is that they appeared quite ripe without the cut and precision they have when they are young. Also this Frühlingsplätzchen delivers lots of yellow ripe fruit in the beginning which gets better and better with more time in the glass. You then get some herbal notes too.
  Quite light and also with a certain kind of sweetness (I’m not sure if this comes from a higher residual sugar or if the fruit is so ripe when Tim Fröhlich harvests and you just feel the wine is sweet but in reality it isn’t.) on the palate which turns into more & more minerality after some time. Also the elegance factor went up. I’m pretty sure, that this Frühlingsplätzchen just needs patience as all the Schäfer-Fröhlichs at a “midterm” status. Give it another five better ten years.

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3 Comments

• PSPatrick commented:

  8/2/18, 12:50 AM - Thanks for your helpful notes. I haven't popped any of my bottles yet and intended to drink the first bottle next year, but maybe I'll push out a little longer then. Thanks.

• m_arcon commented:

  8/2/18, 1:57 AM - My pleasure. Try to get some older bottles. I think 09 will perform very good at the moment.

• PSPatrick commented:

  8/5/18, 12:19 PM - Thanks. 2009 indeed also is my second favourite Riesling vintage for current drinking, my favourite is 2003. Interestingly, two warmer vintages that were not necessarily expected to be suitable for aging...

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