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Red Wine Awards: Ahr and Württemberg up front
The "Deutscher Rotweinpreis 2021" in figures: 1510 wines, 520 wines in the finals and 101 wines in online-vinum-edition.
Abstract/Categories
Category Red Giants
Weingut Meyer-Näkel, Dernau (Ahr)
"Eine Barrique kam nach Holland"
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
www.meyer-naekel.de
Category Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Weingut von Winning, Deidesheim (Pfalz)
"Überrascht vom Erfolg"
Königsbacher Ölberg Pinot Noir
Erste Lage 2019
www.von-winning.de
Category Newcomer
Weingut Seybold, Lauffen (Württemberg)
"Überzeugendes Quintett"
Wein-Tipp: Pinot Meunier 2018 (Schwarzriesling)
www.weingut-seybold.de
Category Cuvées
Weingut Plag, Kürnbach (Baden)
"Der badische Staatsschüler"
Red Premium «S» Baden 2018
www.weingut-plag.de
Category Cuvées
Weingut Albrecht Schwegler, Korb (Württemberg)
"Der Zweitwein ganz vorne"
Saphier 2017
www.albrecht-schwegler.de
Category Lemberger (Blaufränkisch)
Weingut Martin Notz, Sachsenheim-Hohenhaslach (Württemberg)
"Anschauungsunterricht"
Kirchberg Gipskeuper 2019
www.weingut-notz.de
Category Noble Sweet
Weingut Jürgen Frey, Essingen (Pfalz)
"Ein Pfälzer mit Geduld"
Spätburgunder/Merlot Blanc de Noir
Eiswein 2018
www.weingut-frey.com
Category International Varieties
Weinmanufaktur Untertürkheim, Stuttgart (Württemberg)
"Erfahrung ist ein Triumph"
Syrah *** Württemberg 2018
www.weinmanufaktur.de
Category New Varieties
Weingut Neef-Emmich, Bermersheim (Rheinland-Pfalz)
"Sehr gut auf breiter Front"
Bermersheimer Dornfelder 2018
www.neef-emmich.de
Category Underrated Varieties
Weingut Langenwalter, Weisenheim am Sand (Pfalz)
"Lohnendes Geduldsspiel"
Weisenheimer Goldberg Portugieser 2015
www.weingut-langenwalter.de
Category Classic German Varieties
Weingut Kreuzberg, Dernau (Ahr)
"Die wichtigsten kühlen Lagen"
Dernauer Hardtberg Frühburgunder
Grosses Gewächs 2019
www.weingut-kreuzberg.de
Württemberg- and Ahr region heading winner-list
The chronological sequence made it possible to include some 80 Ahr wines on offer directly in the finals at the beginning of September in Geisenheim, where five companies stood out and other producers were able to shine with high ratings:
The wineries Meyer-Näkel from Dernau won in the "royal class" Pinot Noir and Kreuzberg from the same place in the category of "German Classics" with Pinot Noir.
The Deutzerhof from Mayschoss was pleased about a second place, also with Frühburgunder, while the Kriechel winery from Ahrweiler came in second with Portugieser and the house Jean Stodden in Rech was very satisfied with a third place for a Pinot Noir out of over 200 wines in the final . And because Meike and Dörte Näkel repeated their pinot victory from last year and finished third with another Pinot Noir, the special award "Red Giant" was renamed this time to "Red Giant Women", writes Rudolf Knoll, the initiator of the red wine award.
The strength of the Württemberger was rounded off with another award for the "Newcomer of the Year". The unknown winery Seybold from Lauffen surprised with five wines on offer, all of which were in the final. The Swabian winner flag hoisted from Württemberg as well as the wineries Notz from Sachsenheim (Lemberger), Schwegler from Korb (Cuvées) and the wine factory Untertürkheim (international varieties, with a Syrah).
The list of winners also includes the von Winning winery from Deidesheim in the Palatinate (on the same level as Meyer-Näkel for Pinot Noir), the Langenwalter winery from Weisenheim am Sand as another Palatinate with Portugieser, the Plag winery from Kürnbach in Baden (on the same level for cuvées with Schwegler) , the specialist for noble sweet, Jürgen Frey from the Palatinate Essingen (ice wine) and the Neef-Emmich winery from Bermersheim (Dornfelder) in Rhineland-Hesse.
The other list of results: Michel (Baden), Hauck and Spiess (Rheinhessen), Fellbacher Weingärtner, Remstalkellerei, Staatsweingut Weinsberg, Bernhard Ellwanger, Jürgen Ellwanger, Amalienhof, Weinkonvent Dürrenzimmern (all Württemberg), Matthias Gaul (Pfalz) and - as the only producer from the German wine east - Gussek (Saale-Unstrut).
All winners: www.rotweinpreis.de
Weil Meike und Dörte Näkel ihren Burgunder-Sieg vom letzten Jahr wiederholten und mit einem weiteren Spätburgunder noch auf Rang drei landeten, wurde die besondere Auszeichnung «Roter Riese» diesmal umbenannt in «Rote Riesinnen», so Rudolf Knoll, Initiator des Rotweinpreises.
