4 editor-picked estates growing Sauvignon Blanc in Franken.
Where to taste Sauvignon Blanc in Franken: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Naturland-certified organic estate in Sulzfeld farming 18.22 hectares, notable for cultivating all four Silvaner colour variants, yellow, green, blue and red.
Tasting: Vinothek in Sulzfeld's historic old town; online shop for mail order.
Tip: Ask to taste across the Silvaner colour variants side by side, a rarity even within Franken.
Mainviereck aristocratic estate at Kleinheubach farming 13.2 hectares, known for the steep Homburger Kallmuth site and dry Silvaner and Riesling styles.
Tasting: Estate sales at Schlosspark, Kleinheubach; the family also farms sites in Rheingau and Baden.
Tip: Ask specifically for Kallmuth bottlings, the estate's steepest and most distinctive site on the Main loop near Homburg.
Randersacker family estate farming 9 hectares of Sonnenstuhl and neighbouring Muschelkalk sites, with Silvaner leading a low-intervention, naturally styled range.
Tasting: Weekday and Saturday cellar-door sales in Randersacker; Sunday by arrangement.
Tip: The estate's stated philosophy is that a wine's beauty should develop naturally, not be manufactured, reflected in a minimal-intervention cellar approach.
Roedelsee estate on the Steigerwald's gypsum-keuper edge, farming 9.4 hectares at 60 percent Silvaner from the Hoheleite and Kuechenmeister sites, VDP member since 1993.
Tasting: Weekday and Saturday cellar-door sales in Roedelsee.
Tip: Ask for the Hoheleite Silvaner Grosses Gewaechs, a single-site bottling from the estate's home vineyard.