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Friedrich Becker "Kammerberg" Pinot Noir GG VDP 2020
Red Wine
German dry red from Pfalz
James Suckling 96 points
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 94+ points
Vinum 18/20 points
Annual production of less than 5,000 bottles
關於此酒 :
德國 Pfalz 區乾紅，Pinot Noir 葡萄均從特級單一葡萄園 “Kammerberg”，人手挑選 ，高等濃度，酒香洋溢成熟果子的細緻芳香, 口感充滿 Pinot 獨有的濃郁, 結構非凡丶複雜丶有深度, 相當優雅, 如絲幼滑, 齒頰留香。 對於Pinot Noir 追捧者或Burgundy愛好者, 絕對驚喜！世界級！年產量少於5000瓶。
About this wine :
Sloping southward after the Alsatian Weißenburg. Heavy, clayey and loamy topsoil with limestone rocks underground. Vines planted in 1967. The grapes were carefully hand-selected, destemmed, and fermented on the skins. After a three-week fermentation in open oak vats and fermentation vessels, they were gently pressed. The wine was further aged for 18 months in small oak barrels. There was no filtration during bottling. Rich, powerful ruby red. Aromas of forest berries, tobacco, black tea, and forest floor on the nose. Dense, powerful with a bite on the palate. Juicy with excellent length and superb structure. Great aging potential.
James Suckling - "Deep nose of raw meat, red beets and wild blackberries with fascinating savory, toasty and balsamic touches. Compact with stacks of velvety tannins this highly structured, concentrated and full-bodied pinot noir is built for the long-term. Very long, earthy and savory finish with a lively acidity. Drinkable now, but best from 2026."
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "The 2020 Pinot Noir KB VDP.Grosse Lage comes from 50+-year-old vines in the Kammerberg and is intense, pure and fleshy as well as refined on the nose. Pure and intensely grippy on the palate, with freshness and the deep structure of old vines in a great terroir, this is a tight and tensioned, very intense and still positively astringent Pinot with serious grip and a hint of oxidation. Tasted at the Vorpremiere VDP.Grosses Gewächs in Wiesbaden in August 2023."
關於 WEINGUT FRIEDRICH BECKER 酒莊 :
德國 FRIEDRICH BECKER 狐狸酒莊位於 Pfalz 酒區，自2000年起成為德國VDP會員 (只有德國最優秀酒莊才能加入的協會)，連續8年獲得 Gault Millau 德國No. 1 Pinot Noir 名銜，各地酒評高度評價，酒評人 Robert Parker 表示「Becker 多年以來已是德國最享負盛名的釀酒商之一」，深受 Burgundy 布艮地愛好者追捧。
About WEINGUT FRIEDRICH BECKER :
For many years now, the Becker estate located in Schweigen, very far south of the Pfalz on the border of Alsace, has been one of the top Pinot Noir producers in Germany. The best Becker Pinot Noirs compare favorably with the best Burgundy has to offer.
In 1973 when Fritz Sr. took over the estate from his father, he stopped selling grapes to the local co-op and started bottling and selling his own wines. He was also one of the first that independently, but in parallel with Dr. Heger, Fürst and Meyer-Näkel, started using barriques for his Pinots. In the beginning he was very frustrated trying to successfully in his words “transferring the gift of nature into fine wine”, as his colleagues in France had been doing for many years.
In 2005 Fritz Jr. took over the winemaking at the estate and his father continued to oversee the outside vineyard work. In 2007, the Beckers started to work with lower must weights more in the range from 92-98 Öchsle rather than previously with 100 Öchsle or more. They learned that physiologically ripe fruit needs acid more than additional sugar.
Almost 70% of their vineyards are located in Alsace. The fruit for their Grosses Gewächs Pinot Noirs comes from two great sites: the Kammerberg, a steep single vineyard near Wissembourg was recovered by Fritz Sr. in 1966. The old vines with mostly German clones and some French grow on deep marl lime soils that produce powerful but also refined, mineral driven Pinot Noirs (it is all about the dirt here!); the other Grand Cru is the St. Paul cultivated in the 14th century by the Cistercians of Wissembourg. The site had since become overgrown but the Beckers uprooted trees and bushes in early 2000 and planted a mix of Pinot clones from Dijon and the German Marienfelder clone. The first vintage was harvested in 2004 and even then the Pinots were very fruit driven (the Dijon clones) but with lots of finesse and refinement.
St. Paul Pinots are released two years and the Kammerberg three years after the vintage. The Beckers also produce a Riesling Grosses Gewächs from the Sonnenberg with “poor” limestone soils that brings a surprisingly light and elegant wine. In addition a series of very good Pinot Blancs (a lot of limestone here!), a superb Gewürztraminer and an interesting red, “Guillaume” (a cuvee of Cabernet, Merlot, Dornfelder and Pinot Meunier).
From the 28 ha the Beckers produce over 12,000 cases annually. Plantings are 60% Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, 22% Riesling, and the remaining 18% includes Silvaner, Gewürztraminer and Muskateller.
