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2022 Riesling [13 23]
£76.82 per Case
£12.80 per Bottle
£8.00 per Bottle
£48.00 per Case
Bottle - 75cl
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Schwabsburg lies a little inland from the Rhine, just behind Nierstein. The Huff family has been farming here since 1700, vines always part of the mix. Ekkehard Huff transitioned to making wines exclusively with five hectares in the 1980s. After studies in Geisenheim and stints at Keller in nearby Dalsheim and Aldinger in Württemberg, his daughter Christine joined in 2010. Very much part of the young ‘golden generation’ of winemakers, she and her husband Jeremy, originally from New Zealand, are producing a range of very exciting wines from their now ten-hectare estate, including sites in the great Roter Hang (red slope) of Orbel, Pettenthal and Schloss Schwabsburg. Schwabsburg is an underrated commune, in the shadow of its glamorous neighbour, but it possesses great vineyards, and the wines are extremely good value.
Christine Huff’s wines were part of the case curated by Klaus-Peter Keller, and we were so im-pressed by them that we have added them to our portfolio.
2022 Vintage
In the last few years, the Huffs have noticed their vines adapting to drier conditions, slowing growth and producing fewer leaves when drought threatens. So the extreme conditions of 2022 could have been far worse. Nonetheless, the vines – especially young ones – suffered.
The Huffs too have adapted, focussing on shading their bunches, and resorting to irrigating some young vines in particularly stony plots. They decided to harvest early, to preserve freshness in the grapes, and were pleasantly surprised when it rained. Although rain during harvest is not exactly an ideal scenario, it provided much needed refreshment to the vines, and as temperatures dropped, and there was no danger of rot, they could afford to leave the vines to absorb the water and wait for perfect ripeness before picking.
The harvest finished after five weeks on 7 October, and the Huffs were very pleased with the result: the grapes were healthy and aromatic, producing elegant, well-balanced wines.
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£76.82 per Case
£12.80 per Bottle
£8.00 per Bottle
£48.00 per Case
Bottle - 75cl
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