Critic picks

Wine Advocate's top-rated wineries in Franken

Wine Advocate scores on the 100-point scale. Its 24 ranked Franken producers run from 83 to 93 points, each with at least two rated wines.

Ranked by Wine Advocate's mean score across every wine of theirs Wine Advocate has rated. Highest average first; ties go to the producer with more wines rated.

24
Producers Wine Advocate rates
93
Top score
539
Wines scored, top 25

The list

  1. 193Weingut Stadt KlingenbergFranken, Germany2 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED→
  2. 293BürgerspitalWürzburg, Germany13 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  3. 393Weingut Richard ÖstreicherFranken, Germany25 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK→
  4. 493FürstFranken, Germany59 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK→
  5. 593Max Muller IFranken, Germany4 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  6. 692Zehnthof LuckertFranken, Germany60 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK→
  7. 791Rainer SauerFranken, Germany23 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  8. 891WeltnerFranken, Germany45 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  9. 991Am SteinFranken, Germany54 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  10. 1091JuliusspitalFranken, Germany4 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  11. 1191Hans WirschingFranken, Germany52 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  12. 1291Horst SauerFranken, Germany17 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK→
  13. 1391CastellFranken, Germany2 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  14. 1490Johann RuckFranken, Germany69 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  15. 1590Staatlicher HofkellerFranken, Germany4 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  16. 1690Rudolf MayFranken, Germany62 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  17. 1790Schmitt's KinderFranken, Germany4 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  18. 1890Weingut HofmannFranken, Germany7 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  19. 1990Bickel StumpfFranken, Germany16 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  20. 2088Stefan VetterFranken, Germany2 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED→
  21. 2187HofmannFranken, Germany3 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED→
  22. 2287Weingut Schloss SommerhausenFranken, Germany5 wines ratedDISTINCTION→
  23. 2387HembergerFranken, Germany4 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED→
  24. 2483Privat Weingut HartFranken, Germany3 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED→

How we choose

Wine Advocate rates individual wines, not estates. Each producer's place here is its average Wine Advocate score across every wine of theirs the critic has scored. A producer needs at least two such wines to appear: the guard stops a single lucky score on one bottle from outranking an estate with dozens of rated wines. More on how the list works

Frequently asked

How many Franken wineries has Wine Advocate rated?
24 wineries in Franken, Germany have at least two wines scored by Wine Advocate. Only those appear here.
Which Franken winery does Wine Advocate rate highest?
Weingut Stadt Klingenberg, at a 93-point average from Wine Advocate, followed by Bürgerspital and Weingut Richard Östreicher.
How is this list ranked?
By Wine Advocate's average score across each winery's wines. A winery needs at least two Wine Advocate-rated wines to be listed, so a single high score cannot top the ranking.
Does this use user reviews?
No. Only Wine Advocate's professional ratings. There are no crowd star averages in it.

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