1969 Weingut Hans Ernst, Eltviller Langenstueck, Riesling, Cabinet, Rheingau, Germany

 

Dinner at home in Frankfurt. I opened a 1969 Weingut Hans Ernst, Eltviller Langenstueck, Riesling, Cabinet, Rheingau. I noticed that the fill level of this bottle had fallen significantly and decided to open the bottle.

 

The wine was fine. Dark brown, quite dry, no Sherry notes as one might have expected, short finish.

 

A very emotional wine. It is one of the few bottles left from my grandfather's cellar. He only had Weingut Ernst wines in his cellar. He used to go there once a year and sit with the winemaker in the kitchen for an hour or so and taste the wines . He would then buy wines to cover the wine consumption in the following 12 months. As he had no car, my father used to drive him there and my grandfather would fill up the trunk of my father`s car with Ernst wines, all fruity-sweet in the 1960s and 1970s.

 

The wine was a Cabinet wine, not to confuse with the Kabinett Prädikat level which was introduced with the Wine Law of 1971, two years later. 

 

Weingut Ernst on facebook: What a wonderful story and a beautiful memory of your grandfather! We are delighted to hear that you could enjoy such a special bottle from our winery and that the wine still brings joy after so many years. Thank you for sharing this memory with us. Cheers to the special moments.

 

Christian Schiller on facebook (reply): Die Ernst Weine sind meiner Frau Annette Schiller und mir dann auch wieder im Weinhaus Spiegel in Mainz begegnet. In den 70iger Jahren gab es da nur Weingut H.J. Ernst Weine. Ich weiss nicht ob das jetzt noch so ist. Ich war schon ewig nicht mehr da. Aber in unserer Studentenzeit war das unsere Stammkneipe.

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