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Cantzheim

Cantzheim (an old name for the village of Kanzem) is an estate newly-created by Saar veteran Anna Reimann (formerly director of Trier’s huge Bischöfliche Weingüter) and her husband Stephan. They have rather spectacularly restored the grounds and former press house and offices of the Bischöfliches Priesterseminar, built in 1740 a few hundred meters from Weingut von Othegraven at the foot of the Kanzemer Altenberg. Their 2016s reflect a dozen acres: initial vineyard acquisitions in Kanzem and Saarburg, supplemented by some intriguing, in part Left Bank acreage in Serrig that they were only able to access for one vintage. But in 2017 the Reimanns acquired the former Johann Peter Reinert estate with its small parcels in among other places Ayler Kupp, Filzener Urbelt, Kanzemer Altenberg and Sonnenberg, Wawerner Ritterpfad not to mention numerous Wiltingen locations, all of which will cumulatively roughly double the Cantzheim estate acreage. Eventually, new plantings in the Kanzemer Sonnenberg on land, long part of the historic Rautenstrauch estate, will also come on line. The wines, now being vinified and raised in tank in the former Reinert cellars, all commence fermenting spontaneously, with some – including all those intended to finish dry – receiving a subsequent inoculation with cultured yeasts. The Reimanns, both trained as horticulturists (Stephan Reimann having been one professionally until the inauguration of this estate), apparently did virtually all of the vineyard and cellar work personally for vintage 2016; so presumably not only will there be many more wines to report on from subsequent vintages, but at least a small crew will have been assembled. Interestingly, it appears that the Reimanns will follow a convention lately adopted by numerous Saar estates, to not identify as “trocken” even a wine that legally qualifies, while treating any Prädikat identification as an indication that the wine in question is residually sweet.

From Saar & Ruwer: Beauties Despite a Bumpy 2016 (Mar 2018) by David Schildknecht

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2016 Riesling Der Gärtner

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