Fritz Keller

Baden pinots from Aldi - Rosé Update

Julian — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:21:07 +0000

I'll just quickly finish the report on Fritz Keller's and Aldi's project begun here with the rosé, third of the bunch:

Edition Fritz Keller, Rosé, 2008

Julian — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:01:19 +0000

Edition Fritz Keller, Rosé, 2008

Is this the first rosé review on this blog? I'm nervous...

Very pretty salmon-copper-colour. Much lighter than the really pink stuff, but far from the dull brownish-orange that you get in many german rosés.

Julian Sunday, 19/07/2009

Edition Fritz Keller, Spätburgunder 2007

Julian — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:57:56 +0000

Edition Fritz Keller, Spätburgunder 2007

Nicely transparent cherry red colour (good. No tampering and pampering by adding juice from more colour-intensive grape varieties here)
This wine smells seriously good - a real pinot nose of raspberries, sour cherries, and a hint of manure (which is also good - embrace it).

Julian Sunday, 21/06/2009

Edition Fritz Keller, Weißburgunder 2008

Julian — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:35:29 +0000

Smells fresh, with appetizing apple and pear fruit, in no way artificial (a pleasant surprise), but not very deep either.
In the mouth, a lean wine with strong, maybe not completely ripe acidity, nicely subdued and unperfumed fruit again, a little grassy, a hint of minerality, and a shortish finish.
Rather atypical for a Pinot Blanc from Baden, where I have come to expect cantaloupe, almond and buttery flavours, this is nothing to get excited about, but a fairly honest, basic fresh white
nonetheless. It will go well with most summery food, and many people used to northern italian whites (e.g. the wine drinking population of Munich) will find this a well-made version of what they know and like.

Baden Pinots from Aldi

Julian — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:53:01 +0000

Fritz Keller, current owner of one of Baden's pioneer wineries and a gourmet restaurant in the Kaiserstuhl (http://www.franz-keller.de/), has collaborated with Aldi (Süd), Germany's legendary discount food retailer. Under the Brand name "Edition Fritz Keller", he has produced both a Pinot Noir and a Pinot Blanc from Baden, contracting with a great many smaller growers of the region for grapes. In this quest to bring top-quality wine to as many people as possible, Fritz has, as the back label pompously informs us, found inspiration in the "Bauhaus" school of architecture and art.