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Schafer-Frohlich Sale
Champagne Featurette: Christophe Mignon
Schafer-Frohlich Sale
Champagne Featurette: Christophe Mignon
The Pinnacle of German Quality
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Schafer-Frohlich
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Schafer-Frohlich
Powerful, mineral-drenched and resolutely bright, Schafer-Frohlich Rieslings are some of the finest white wines in the world, at a fraction of the price of their peers in Burgundy or Alsace. It comes as no surprise that these are some of the most coveted dry Riesling in Germany. Sadly, allocations are tiny and rarely make their way to our shores: Michelin-starred restaurants fight over them and European collectors stash as many in their cellars as possible. Fortunately for us, that didn’t prevent fellow superstar Helmut Dönnhoff from bringing this estate to the attention of the American importer Rudi Wiest.
The estate has been family owned and growing winegrapes for over 200 years. Current winemaker Tim Frohlich took over in the 90s at only 19. A prodigy, he was invited to join the VDP in 2001 and became the youngest person to be named winemaker of the year by Gault-Millau in 2010.
Schafer-Frohlich has continued to amaze, winning award after award for quality. Frohlich’s goal for his wines is to exemplify finesse, elegance and the character of the site where the grapes were grown. And those are excellent. His holdings encompass 47 acres in 6 different GG areas, the highest classification for quality under the VDP system.
We have stellar pricing across the board, including on the hard-to-find GG wines, which are the pinnacle of the Schafer-Frohlich lineup. Order your allocation now for some of the best pricing available!
“…even the dry village/terroir wines are gorgeous here and have more expression than many German GG Rieslings… I can hardly think of more precision, finesse and elegance in dry Nahe Rieslings.” -Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
The estate has been family owned and growing winegrapes for over 200 years. Current winemaker Tim Frohlich took over in the 90s at only 19. A prodigy, he was invited to join the VDP in 2001 and became the youngest person to be named winemaker of the year by Gault-Millau in 2010.
Schafer-Frohlich has continued to amaze, winning award after award for quality. Frohlich’s goal for his wines is to exemplify finesse, elegance and the character of the site where the grapes were grown. And those are excellent. His holdings encompass 47 acres in 6 different GG areas, the highest classification for quality under the VDP system.
We have stellar pricing across the board, including on the hard-to-find GG wines, which are the pinnacle of the Schafer-Frohlich lineup. Order your allocation now for some of the best pricing available!
“…even the dry village/terroir wines are gorgeous here and have more expression than many German GG Rieslings… I can hardly think of more precision, finesse and elegance in dry Nahe Rieslings.” -Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
5% off any 3-5 in-stock bottles of Schafer-Frohlich
10% off any 6 or more in-stock bottles of Schafer-Frohlich
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Sale ends Tuesday, March 25th at 9 am Pacific.
10% off any 6 or more in-stock bottles of Schafer-Frohlich
Discount will not display online or in your cart,
We will adjust your invoice before processing your charge.
Sale ends Tuesday, March 25th at 9 am Pacific.
We offer ten in-stock Schafer-Frohlich options on sale now, including:
Schafer-Frohlich Riesling Trocken, Nahe 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $26, that’s $24.70 at 5% off and $23.40 at 10% off, 14 bottles in stock now
John Gilman-A View From the Cellar 90+ points “The 2018 Estate Riesling Trocken is also an excellent bargain from Tim Fröhlich this year. The wine is twelve percent in alcohol and carries an impressive 8.5 grams of acidity this year, with all of the fruit for this bottling hailing from volcanic soils. The bouquet is beautifully expressive out of the blocks, offering up scents of lemon, tart orange, wild yeasts, an excellent mineral underpinning, white flowers and citrus zest. On the palate the wine is pure, elegant and medium-full, with lovely focus and grip, outstanding cut and grip and a long, complex and dancing finish. A stunning value this year! 2019-2040+.”
This is the lowest listed price in the USA today!
Schafer-Frohlich ‘Schiefergestein’ Bockenauer Riesling Trocken, Nahe 2020 750ml Displayed Price: $38, that’s $36.10 at 5% off and $34.20 at 10% off, 18 bottles in stock now
Stuart Pigott (Suckling) 95 points “Forget what you heard about this vintage in Germany, here is a very exciting exception. What a mysterious dry riesling this is, the complex nose of fresh sage, anise and flint pulling you into the staggeringly focused, mineral palate. Dangerously energetic at the explosive wet-stone finish. From organically grown grapes with Fair’n Green certification. Drink or hold. (8/8/22)”
Schafer-Frohlich Vulkangestein Riesling Trocken, Nahe 2020 750ml Displayed Price: $28, that’s $26.60 at 5% off and $25.20 at 10% off, 21 bottles in stock now
Stuart Pigott (Suckling) 94 points “Intensely spicy and expressive, but the fruit aromas are just beginning to unfurl. Grapefruit pith and bergamot, plus a slew of wild herbs. Somehow this manages to be very structured, yet have a silky texture on the sleek palate. Intense wet-stone minerality at the finish. 100% from the GG vineyards Felsenberg and Stromberg. From organically grown grapes with Fair’n Green certification. Drink or hold.”
Importer Note “Vulkangestein consists of vines planted to holdings with volcanic soils in and around Schlossbockelheim as well as younger vines from the grand cru Felsenberg, planted to weathered volcanic porphyry soils and quartz.”
This is the lowest listed price in the USA today!
The next best price is $90 (no, seriously)
The next best price is $90 (no, seriously)
Schafer-Frohlich Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $89, that’s $84.55 at 5% off and $80.10 at 10% off, 7 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 95+ points “The 2018 Felsenberg Riesling GG opens with a deep, intense and rich, concentrated and aromatic but also flinty bouquet full of ripe Riesling fruits and coolish herbal/vegetal as well gooseberry aromas. On the palate, this is a lush, intense, very mineral, salty-piquant and tightly structured dry Riesling from volcanic rocks. It’s a powerful but elegant, fresh and precise Riesling with great complexity and lingering salinity. A fabulous Felsenberg with lots of vitality and youthful grip. 13% alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in August and October 2019.”
This is the only listing in the USA today!
Schafer-Frohlich Schlossbockelheimer Kupfergrube Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $99, that’s $94.05 at 5% off and $89.10 at 10% off, 18 bottles in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 96 points “The 2018 Kupfergrube Riesling GG is clear and precise on the aromatic nose that displays enormously ripe and concentrated Riesling fruit that reflects the heat of the vintage, especially in south-facing vineyards like this. Almost raisin flavors here. Crystalline and elegant on the palate, this is a linear and mineral but lush, rich and powerful Riesling with grip and tension and lingering salinity that indicates very good aging potential. 13% alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted from a bottle declared as Fassprobe (a sample) in October 2019.”
This is the only listing in the USA today!
Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Stromberg Grosses Gewachs Riesling, Nahe 2017 750ml Was $85, Displayed Price: $75, that’s $71.25 at 5% off and $67.50 at 10% off, 9 bottles in stock now
Mosel Fine Wines 96 points “The 2017er Bockenauer Stromberg GG proves rather reduced and smoky at first. It then gradually reveals riper notes of pineapple, orange, yellow peach, tangerine and gingerbread, all wrapped into spices and residual scents from the spontaneous fermentation. The wine proves coats the palate with juicy and lightly flavors. The finish is however focused and even racy thanks to a pure and lime driven acidity kicking in. A slightly tart side in the after-taste still needs to melt into the wine but the wine is hugely impressive. 2025-2037”
This is the only listing in the USA today!
Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Stromberg Grosses Gewachs Riesling, Nahe 2021 1.5L Displayed Price: $259, that’s $246.05 at 5% off and $233.10 at 10% off, 3 magnums in stock now
Stephan Reinhardt-Wine Advocate 98-99 points “The 2021 Stromberg GG offers a bright and pure, enormously radiant and earthy/herbal bouquet of crushed porphyry rocks and concentrated Riesling berry aromas intermingled with iodine notes. Great purity mixed with intensity and complexity. Full-bodied, refined and enormously salty on the palate, this is a compact, fresh and challenging dry Riesling with elegant and rich fruit, great density and no makeup at all. This is a bone dry but juicy wine that represents a long-distance runner with salty grip and tension. Tasted as a sample at the domaine in July 2022.”
This is the lowest listed price on the West Coast!
Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spatlese, Nahe 2017 750ml Was $39, Displayed Price: $33, that’s $31.35 at 5% off and $29.70 at 10% off, 14 bottles in stock now
David Schildknecht-Vinous 93 points “Elder flower and peony, ripe quince and white peach on the nose presage a lusciously-fruity and profusely floral inner-mouth performance. The feel is glossy but buoyant. The succulent and superbly-concentrated finish remains transparent to floral nuances as well as revealing a shimmering sense of crystalline and flinty stoniness.”
This is the only listing in the USA today!
Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spatlese, Nahe 2018 750ml Displayed Price: $44.50, that’s $42.28 at 5% off and $40.05 at 10% off, 17 bottles in stock now
David Schildknecht-Vinous 93 points “As usual, this issues from the estate’s oldest Felseneck vines. An estate-typical reductive note of struck flint and bruised lime peel is allied to aromas of ripe kiwi and white peach, along with hints of green herbs that are transformed into a cooling sense of infusion on the lusciously fruited, silken-textured and buoyant palate. For all of its richness, this finishes with near-rapier penetration, tongue-tingling vibrancy and transparency to underlying wet stone.”
This is the only listing in the USA today!
Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spatlese Goldkapsel, Nahe 2018 750ml Was $59, Displayed Price: $49, that’s $46.55 at 5% off and $44.10 at 10% off, 17 bottles in stock now
John Gilman-A View From the Cellar 93+ points “The 2018 Goldkapsel Spätlese from the Felseneck vineyard was made solely with shriveled golden berries and there is not a trace of botrytis in this beautiful wine this year. The bouquet is nicely youthful at the present time and takes a bit of coaxing to offer up a gorgeous blend of pear, white cherries, wild yeasts, a lovely undertow of salty slate, white flowers and a whisper of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is very pure, medium-full and racy, with a lovely core, superb filigree and bounce and a very long, vibrant and complex finish. This just dances across the palate. 2024-2070.”
This was the lowest listed price in the USA today,
Now it’s even lower!
The next best price is $64.99
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Champagne Featurette:
Christophe Mignon
“(Quiet) and soft-spoken, Christophe Mignon is a man of deeply held convictions. A visit to this tiny estate opens a window into Mignon’s deeply personal approach to farming and making wine that comes through in Champagnes of rarified distinction and personality. Biodynamic farming and stripped down winemaking inform the essence of Mignon’s approach.” — Antonio Galloni
Christophe Mignon’s Champagnes offer the most convincing argument for Pinot Meunier. Under his guidance, the wines show dramatic mineral notes with depth and tension. These are true works of art; ones we are pleased to share.
In Stock Now:
Christophe Mignon ADN de Meunier Brut Nature Millésime, Champagne 2016 750ml $99 special, 9 bottles in stock now
Winery Note “A beautiful shimmering hue, with elegant highlights, delicate and persistent ring of bubbles. Refined nose with iodine notes. Creamy, distinguished and concentrated mouth. Subtle bitterness nice gritty and mineral tension.”
Christophe Mignon’s Champagnes offer the most convincing argument for Pinot Meunier. Under his guidance, the wines show dramatic mineral notes with depth and tension. These are true works of art; ones we are pleased to share.
In Stock Now:
Christophe Mignon ADN de Meunier Brut Nature Millésime, Champagne 2016 750ml $99 special, 9 bottles in stock now
Winery Note “A beautiful shimmering hue, with elegant highlights, delicate and persistent ring of bubbles. Refined nose with iodine notes. Creamy, distinguished and concentrated mouth. Subtle bitterness nice gritty and mineral tension.”
This is the lowest listed price on the West Coast!
Christophe Mignon ADN de Foudre Meunier Brut Nature, Champagne NV (2017) 750ml $89 special, 3 bottles in stock now
Importer Note “A beautful shimmering hue, with elegant highlights, delicate and persistent ring of bubbles. Very clean and delicate nose, with subtle woody notes. Unctuous and round mouth, with toasted almond flavors.”
This is the lowest listed price in the USA today!
Christophe Mignon ADN de Foudre Pinot Noir Brut Nature, Champagne (2017) 750ml $89 special, 5 bottles in stock now
Winery Note “A beautiful shimmering hue, with elegant highlights, delicate and persistent ring of bubbles. Very clean and delicate nose, with subtle woody notes. Powerful mouth with high precision, very fresh with toasted almond flavors.”
Christophe Mignon ADN de Foudre 3 Cépages Brut Nature, Champagne (2015) 750ml $89 special, 3 bottles in stock now
Antonio Galloni-Vinous 93 points “The NV (2015) Brut Nature 3 Cépages ADN de Foudre is terrific. The equal blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier is super, with each terroir seeing individual vinification in foudres prior to blending. Dried flowers, pear, chamomile and spice abound. Pear, lemon confit and marzipan all grace this exquisite, impeccably balanced Champagne. Zero dosage.”
This is the lowest listed price in the USA today!
Shop all 142 of our in-stock Champagne selections here!
Don’t miss our additional sale going on now:
Marsannay
5% off any 3-5 in-stock bottles of Marsannay
10% off any 6 or more in-stock bottles of Marsannay
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Marsannay sale ends Sunday, March 23rd at 9 am Pacific.