Visiting Kai Schätzel and Jule Eichblatt of Weingut Schätzel in Nierstein, "probably the most #radical #winemaker team in #rheinhessen #germany pushing the envelope of #naturalwine (Stuart Pigott)"

Stuart Pigott (James Suckling) on facebook: Kai Schätzel and Jule Eichblatt of Weingut Schätzel in Nierstein are probably the most #radical #winemaker team in #rheinhessen #germany pushing the envelope of #naturalwine #riesling and #silvaner and making excellent #kabinett #wine !

We visited them last week.

Kai and Jule 

Tasting

Annette Schiller: Fantastic wines across the board. But the Fuchs and the Reh are special: using the solera method and keeping the wine in the worden Barrel under the flor for years: incredible intense wines with multi facettteted Aromas.

Relaxing

Memories 

We go back a long way.

See my posting from 2011: A New Fixture in the Reemerging Red Slope of Nierstein - Visiting Kai Schaetzel and his Weingut Schaetzel in Nierstein, Rheinhessen, Germany https://schiller-wine.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-fixture-in-reemerging-red-slope-of.html

See also: Instagram Tasting with Kai Schätzel, Weingut Schätzel, Rheinhessen, Germany in Washington DC, USA https://schiller-wine.blogspot.com/2022/04/instagram-tasting-with-kai-schatzel.html 

Pictures: Lunch cum Tasting with Nanne Schätzel, see: Tour, Tasting, and Lunch at Weingut Schätzel in Nierstein, Rheinhessen – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014) 

Pictures: In the Cellar with Nanne Schätzel, see: German Wine and Culture Tour by ombiasy, 2013

I even celebrated a birthday at Weingut Schätzel.

See: Celebrating Riesling and my Birthday at Weingut Schaetzel in Nierstein, Rheinhessen, Germany

Pictures: In the Roter Hang with Kai Schaetzel at the Birthday Party in 2012

I visited Kai for the first time in 2011, shortly after he had taken over Weingut Schätzel from his parents (in 2008). In the prestigious Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2011, Weingut Schaetzel moved from 1 to 2 grapes (with 5 grapes being the maximum).

“A new fixture in the reemerging Red Slope of Nierstein”, noted the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2011.

Pictures: Christian Schiller with Kai Schaetzel at Weingut Schaetzel in 2011. Fore more on Kai Schaetzel and his Wines see: A New Fixture in the Reemerging Red Slope of Nierstein - Visiting Kai Schaetzel and his Weingut Schaetzel in Nierstein, Rheinhessen, Germany

Pictures: Instagram Tasting with Kai Schätzel, Weingut Schätzel, Rheinhessen, Germany in Washington DC, USA https://schiller-wine.blogspot.com/2022/04/instagram-tasting-with-kai-schatzel.html 

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