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Winemaker Eva Fricke is seated at a tasting table, holding a wine glass, surrounded by wine bottles.

Eva Fricke

Eva Fricke has been crafting laser-focused dry Rieslings from the small town of Eltville since 2011. In short, she has established a reputation as one of the finest producers in the Rheingau. After completing her studies at Geisenheim University, Eva took the winemakers’ grand tour, gaining experience in Australia, Bordeaux, Piedmont, and Ribera Del Duero. Drawn to the Rheingau, she became the winemaker at Weingut Leitz.

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2023 Riesling, Trocken, Eva Fricke, Rheingau, Germany
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2022 Riesling, Trocken, Kiedrich, Eva Fricke, Rheingau, Germany
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From modest beginnings to a renowned winemaker

2006 Eva Fricke began making wine as a small side project, cultivating less than 0.25 hectares of vineyard. Over the next six years, she steadily expanded her holdings, leasing and purchasing enough land to leave her role at Leitz and dedicate herself fully to her own label. Today, Eva farms 17 hectares, crafting wines that reflect her ambition and deep connection to the Rheingau.

Championing the Rheingau’s terroir

Eva’s mission is twofold: to honour the Rheingau’s historic position at the pinnacle of German winemaking and elevate it to new heights. Her single-vineyard wines are designed to express the individuality of each site, showcasing the distinctive qualities of soil, aspect and vine age. Her vineyards, from sandy loess and clay to slate and quartzite, capture the full breadth of the Rheingau’s terroir.

The Rheingau Riesling: a vibrant introduction

As an introduction to her work, the Rheingau Riesling blends grapes from across vineyards in Lorch, Eltville, Hattenheim and Kiedrich. The result is a wine that balances fruit-forward charm with mineral precision, weaving together ripe citrus and orchard fruit with a flinty, saline edge. Far from being a simple entry-level wine, it is a benchmark Riesling of purity and balance.

A commitment to organic and biodynamic farming

From the very beginning, Eva has championed organic and biodynamic viticulture. She believes these methods safeguard the environment and enable a more transparent expression of terroir. By avoiding chemical intervention and encouraging biodiversity, her vineyards yield fruit of remarkable clarity and energy.

Winemaking with precision and purity

Eva’s philosophy in the cellar mirrors her work in the vineyard: low-intervention yet meticulous. Fermentations are spontaneous, driven by native yeasts, and her wines rest on their fine lees for 4–10 months to build texture and complexity. Eschewing traditional wooden vats, Eva opts for stainless steel to preserve freshness and precision, resulting in wines consistently described as vibrant, tingly and filigreed.

The Grands Crus of Krone and Schlossberg

Eva considers Krone and Schlossberg her equivalent of Grands Crus, a designation that, while unofficial in Germany, speaks to their extraordinary pedigree. Krone’s 70-year-old vines, rooted in grey slate with limestone sub-soils, deliver wines of remarkable finesse and crystalline purity. By contrast, Schlossberg’s older vines, planted in the 1930s and ’50s on a warmer site, produce more opulent expressions, bursting with exotic fruit yet retaining Eva’s signature precision. Together, these wines exemplify the heights that Rheingau Riesling can reach.