"Very full, aromatic and very balanced with a pleasant, light acidity, - and an excellent choice", that's how cellar master Martin Henke describes the cider, which was released on 18. The Possmann family press house, which is celebrating its 135th anniversary this year, had traditionally invited renowned Frankfurt cider makers to participate in the "Laternche-Schobbe 2016" competition, now in its 49th year. For the 49th time, renowned Frankfurt cider hosts, expert guests and the well-known activists of the "Laterncher" invited to the annual "Ebbelwei-Prob'".
A "full-aromatic" Schobbe makes the race!
For the election of the anniversary Schobbe - 66 years of Laternche - the cellar master had again selected five different, excellent Schobbe of the very good vintage 2015 from the barrels of the wine press house for the attendees for blind tasting.
"You will find here a cross-section of our best, self-pressed, autumn apple wines from the local region to choose from", senior Günter Possmann explained in his welcoming speech, not without pride. "I am sure that the selected Schobbe will go down in the annals of the press house as one of the best!"
The 50 or so illustrious, knowledgeable guests, including as always many active members of the Carneval Club Laternche CCL, plus renowned cider hosts and numerous representatives of the press, didn't need to be told twice about the invitation to taste and tasted one Geripptes after the other to pick out a favourite.
Despite the 40% for the winner Schobbe, the verdict was extremely close, because the runner-up Schobbe got almost the same result. So it had to be recounted 3 times before the decision was made. The 18/2 was finally the favorite of the majority of those present and was crowned the winner -Schobbe 2016.
The we bring the Fasenachter during the sessions properly in mood
"The barrel 18/2 tastes just great and of it you can drink plenty. We will get about 5,000 litres of it from Possmann by next Monday and pour it for our guests during the sessions. With its full taste and its balance, the Schobbe 2016 should taste great to the 3,500 visitors of our 7 sessions and contribute considerably to the mood during the events", said a visibly enthusiastic Daniel Gottwald, 1st chairman of the Carneval Club Laternche. "It's so good that it tastes not only pure, but also as a spritzer still excellent," said Martin Henke so, who had also personally favored this Schoppen from his deep sandstone cellars.
The award-winning apple wine is poured at all seven Ebbelwei sessions of the CCL, which are held in the period from 25. January and February 6, 2016 at the Saalbau Titusforum in Frankfurt.
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Text from: Kelterei Possmann
