In Dernau, the Ahr valley widens after its bottlenecks and offers space for a steep valley basin in which the Pfarrwingert lies. The name of the vineyard goes back to the Catholic parish church in Dernaus, which is still the landowner in this parcel of land. The particularly favorable southern exposure and slope, in combination with the easily warmable soil, lead to an advantageous microclimate in this location. The greywacke occurring here is a granular debris sediment that is baked with clay slate fragments to form a sandstone-like structure. The Pfarrwingert produces extremely fragrant wines with subtle fruit and fine spice with a pronounced minerality. Hot cocoa, cold chimney smoke, wood spice with dark herbs, roasted notes, nougat chocolate and some fruit such as cherries and plums. Clear and delicately juicy, animating dark cherry fruit, dried plums with some nougat chocolate, cold smoke and roasted notes, firm body with strength and backbone, elegant appearance with poise, lively and refreshing, a hint of extract sweetness, fine velvety tannins, quite mouth-drying and engaging, good balance , deep and complex, cold smoke with spice in the finale, some dried cherries with some plums and nougat chocolate. (P. Dautel August 23, 2020)