Located in the postcard-pretty Franken region, between Frankfurt and Munich, Castell (or rather, Furst Castell in English and the Fürstlich Castell’sche Domänenamt in German) is a family-owned winery always under the helm of the noble family of Castell, that spans more than twenty-six generations (and counting). The estate is justly famous, as is the Franken in general, for world-class Silvaner wines, though the winery also makes excellent wines from other varieties too, such as Müller-Thurgau, Bacchus, and Pinot Noir (Sptäburgunder). The estate makes a series of different wines divided into categories: Single Vineyards (bottled in the classic and instantly recognizable bocksbeutel, the typical short, flattened and ample Franken wine bottle); Schloss Castell Estate wines (single variety wines such as Bacchus and Silvaner bottled in the bocksbeutel); Sparkling wines or Sekt (bottle-fermented Silvaner Brut wines); and entry-level varietal wines of the Castell Castell line.
A little bit of history
