In 2006, Eva Fricke leased a vineyard of just 0.2 hectares in Lorch, at the western edge of the Rheingau. The first vintage yielded only 600 bottles. At the time, few would have considered this a promising beginning: Lorch lay outside the “golden mile” of the Rheingau, with steep slopes, a cool climate, and high cultivation costs, where many vineyards had long been abandoned. Yet Eva saw the potential—the soils of grey slate and quartzite, combined with the cool microclimate, endowed Riesling with piercing acidity and a mineral backbone. This forgotten land became the starting point of her dream and determination.
