Region: Rheinhessen, Germany

Varietal: 100% Riesling

About ‘Maestro’: The Fritz Zimmer Riesling is produced with preci-sion, artistry and balance. It is a tribute to two of Germany’s most beloved achievements, classical music and Riesling wine. The wine is made from grapes grown in the Rhine region of Germany.

2013 Vintage: We had an exceptional warm spring which was the reason for the earliest budding and grape bloom since notations of these dates! The consequence was a margin of vegetation of about 3 weeks. The summer was marked by rainy and constantly chang-ing weather. Terrible hail on August 26 th was again a reason for sceptisicm and let us assume the worst. After all the great damage in the villages, the dam-age in the vineyards was comparatively low. After that, we had a beautiful late summer. At the end and apart from the hail, everything was perfect: an early budding and bloom and rain always at the right time! So we started harvest at the end of September. We had 4 weeks without any rain and this gave us some time to preharvest all of our Riesling vineyards and sort out the raisins from the bunches and the good from the best grapes. This was very time consuming in the 70% steep sloped parcels. Now the harvest is history and we have all quality levels, from Kabinett up to Trockenbeerenauslese. The wines were bottled at the beginning of May and show great promise.

Flavor: Slightly sweet with aromas and � avors of peaches and pears.

Food Af � nity: The fruity � avors are a perfect match with � rmer cheeses, pastas with cream sauce, lighter seafood dishes and cuisine with Asian spices.

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Background: The FRITZ ZIMMER ‘Maestro’ is a Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet, abbreviated QbA. These wines come from one of the thirteen of � cial demar-cated wine-producing regions, have attained the speci � ed grape ripeness and wine alcohol levels and are made in the traditional style of German Riesling.

‘Maestro’ Riesling QbA 2013

UPC: 0 89832 91003 9