Place 17 - Ebenrain Pinot Noir 2020 - 93,2 Points

Place 29 - Kaffelstein Pinot Noir 2020 - 92,0 Points

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Place 27 - Kaffelstein Riesling 2020

What a deep and mysteriously smoky nose this great dry riesling has! Gigantic minerality on the vibrant palate makes this one of the most exciting wines of the vintage in Germany! Simultaneously compact and sleek with crystalline clarity at the super-long and focused finish. From over 50-year-old vines in an extreme terraced site with red sandstone soil where no mechanization is possible. Fermented in stainless steel where it spent one year on the full lees. Enormous aging potential. Drinkable now, but best from 2025. 98/100

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Tasting Notes
Kaffelstein Riesling 2020 - 98/100
What a deep and mysteriously smoky nose this great dry riesling has! Gigantic minerality on the vibrant palate makes this one of the most exciting wines of the vintage in Germany! Simultaneously compact and sleek with crystalline clarity at the super-long and focused finish. From over 50-year-old vines in an extreme terraced site with red sandstone soil where no mechanization is possible. Fermented in stainless steel where it spent one year on the full lees. Enormous aging potential. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.

Satzenberg Riesling 2020 - 96/100
For this warm and usually charming vintage this is a very serious wine that starts out extremely flinty. With a little aeration in the glass the crisp pear and Amalfi lemon aromas open up nicely. Still tightly wound but with a massive wet stone minerality, this is a very concentrated wine in spite of the sleekness of the super-focused finish. From an extreme terraced site with red sandstone soil where no mechanization is possible. Fermented in stainless steel where it spent one year on the full lees. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.

Kaffelstein Silvaner 2021 - 93/100
Stacks of butterscotch and toast are married to leesy complexity to create a very unusual dry silvaner that’s closer to a white Burgundy from a modest appellation that’s been given the full oak treatment. Good structure and stony minerality at the bone dry finish. Should improve with a bit more time in the bottle. Drink or hold.

Satzenberg Pinot Blanc 2020 - 93/100
The floral honey and toasty aromas are beautifully matched on the nose of this generous, but rather cool and well-structured dry pinot blanc. Plenty of dried sage, tarragon and parsley complexity at the firm finish. Drink or hold.

Kaffelstein Pinot Noir 2020 - 97/100
A unique and totally original Franken pinot noir! Great wild herb, grilled artichoke and ripest red berry complexity, but those are only the most obvious aromas. Such a cool personality for the super-ripe 2020 vintage with staggering mineral freshness and energetic fine tannins on the very concentrated palate. Literally breathtaking finish with the brightness of a lightning strike. From a high altitude vineyard site, then matured in barrique casks for two full years on fine lees. Drink or hold.

Ebenrain Pinot Noir 2020 - 94/100
This stunning Franken pinot noir combines richness, excellent tannin structure and a mineral freshness to create a completely convincing whole. More wild herb, licorice and meat extract character than the blackberry fruit typical of the vintage. A surprisingly light touch for 14% alcohol. Long, very harmonious finish. From a high altitude vineyard site, then matured in barrique casks for two full years on fine lees. Bottled in February 2023. Drink or hold.

We represent wines of Franken in Sweden!

We are happy to announce that our winery was recently published in the winetourism.com website. We are happy to work closely with them as they are the rapidly growing listing site for major wineries from all over the world dedicated to becoming a leading player in helping wine lovers find the best wineries to visit and aid wine tourism.

To commemorate the addition of our winery in their website, we collaborated in another one of their projects and were listed on an article on Vinjournalen.se, the leading wine magazine in Sweden. The article talks about the wine region of Franken and is titled Vinregionen Franken i Tyskland – Din insider guide till de bästa vingårdarna i området.

Our winery was listed as a must visit winery in the region and we are proud to represent the wines from our beautiful region. Please do check out the profile of Weingut Alte Grafschaft in winetourism.com. We have various activities we offer our visitors along with guided tasting of our best wines. Follow the link to see what we offer. Food and Wine Pairing at Weingut Alte Grafschaft we invite everyone to visit of our winery and enjoy some of the best wines in Franken.