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Mönchhof - Robert Eymael

Robert Eymael has since 1994 run the Mönchhof, for which his ancestors bid successfully during the Napoleonic secularization. This estate turned in many memorable post-World War II wines into the early 1980s, but thereafter quality significantly dipped, with improvements after 1994 coming slowly. Whether or not it is a coincidence, from 2001, when Eymael leased the vineyards of veteran vintner Hans-Leo Christoffel and assumed responsibility (with Christoffel’s collaboration) for Weingut Joh. Jos. Christoffel (also reviewed in this report), the quality of Mönchhof releases began rising. The style of Mönchhof wine has remained distinct from that of Joh. Jos. Christoffel, and tends toward forward fruitiness and gloss, although it can be argued that the styles have recently grown closer. A typical Mönchhof collection comprises only six or eight wines. With his 2008s and 2009s, Eymael began allowing a significant share of lots to ferment spontaneously, and I suspect that some additional complexity and lift in subsequent collections can be traced to that decision. Eymael pronounced himself “really quite satisfied" with 2014, not just with yields substantially up over punishing 2013, but also with the quality that resulted. In general, the current collection illustrates the advantage of vines that bore a large crop, namely that an open and somewhat loosely knit character translates into levity and immediately accessible, refreshing appeal. Given that the team here is also responsible for harvesting the fruits of their more prestigious albeit smaller sister estate, one might have hypothesized that they would elect to lavish later and more selective attention on the Christoffel parcels. But in fact, while harvest of the Mönchhof vines began on September 27, it wasn’t completed until November 5, and the results are consistent with the quality of recent Eymael collections, once one factors in 2014’s daunting challenges.

From 2014 on the Mosel: Man Bats Last (Nov 2016) by David Schildknecht

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