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Bereiche of the Mosel

North to South

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  • Burg Cochem (Lower Mosel or Terrassenmosel)
  • Bernkastel (Middle Mosel)
  • Ruwertal
  • Saar
  • Moseltor
  • Obermosel
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Mosel

Geography / Climate

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  • Mosel River emerges from the Vosges Mountains at Col de Bussang in France and flows eastward into Germany, joining Saar and Ruwer along the way until it mergest with the Rhine River at Koblenz
  • Courses between the Hunsruck Hills and Eifel Mountains
  • One of the coolest German climates for winegrowing
  • Avg. Temperate = 50 C
  • Aspect: South and Southwest
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Mosel

Best Vineyards - Aspect

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South and Southwest

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Mosel

Tributaries

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Saar

Ruwer

Lieser?

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Mosel

Viticulture

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  • Growing season lasts about 120-140 days (budbreak to onset of ripening)
  • Harvesting = October/November typically
  • Many vineyards are on original rootstocks
  • Exposure is key - north = no good
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Mosel

Viticulture Hazards

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  • Hail
  • Strong rain (erosion)
  • Drought (especially for south-facing slopes with shallow soil and high stone content),
  • Fungal infections
  • Animal pests

Frosts are mitigated by the good heat retention of the Mosel River

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Goldkapsule

General

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  • With the passing of the 1971 Wine Law, producers in the Mosel and Rheingau lost informal means of classifying Spatlesen and Auslesen wines of extreme richness and sweetness
  • Terms like fein, feinste and hockfein were historically used to indicate reserve wines within a larger category, with those terms no longer allowed, producers tuned to a bit of code
  • In order to indicate a higher level of sweetness and distinction beyond a wine’s labeled Pradikat, vitners added a golden capsule
    • The capsule also correlates to the level of botrytis. as an example, a wine that has reached Beerenauslese (110-128 Oschsle) in the eyes of the law may be “declassified” to Auslese with a Goldkpasule because it showed more pure varietal character than the higher Pradikat would typically demonstrate
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The Star System (*,**,***)

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In the Mosel, a second code to distinguish among different tiers of wine within a Pradikat and from the same vineyard

To indicate reserve bottlings, producers may apply one to three stars, somethimes in conjuction with a Golkapsule

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The Single-Post System

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  • Steep slopes register grades of 50-80%
  • Single-post system improves workers’ ability to traverse the dangerous hillsides
  • Vines are trained upright, without wires, employing either a vertical cordon or two canes, wrapped in a characteristic heart-shaped bow
  • Without wires, vineyard workers have much more freedom of movement when navigating the difficult terrain
  • Single-post system has lost a lot of ground in the last few decades in the Mosel
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Minimum Pradikat Ripeness

Riesling / Muller-Thurgau / Elbling (Roter Elbling)

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  • Kabinett: 73
  • Spatlese: 80
  • Auslese: 88
  • BA / Eiswein - 110
  • TBA - 150
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Burg Cochem

General

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  • Stretches from Zell northward through Cochem to Koblenz
  • Slopes are even more steep with grades featuring 70% or more
  • Winnigen is a key winegrowing village, home to the star producer Heyman-Lowenstein and the premier vineyard site Uhlen
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Reinhard Heymann-Lowenstein was approved for Germany’s first three single vineyard for seperate parcels within this vineyard. What are the parcels? Year?

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Uhlen

  • Blaufusser Lay
  • Roth Lay
  • Laubach

Approved in 2018

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What is the steepest vineyard in all of Europe and where is it located?

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Calmont

Located between Bremm and Ediger-Eller in Winningen

Popular for rock climbing

Reinhard Lowenstein

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Winningen

Gross Lage

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  • Uhlen
  • Uhlen Blaufusser Lay
  • Uhlen Roth Lay
  • Uhlen Laubach
  • Rottgen
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Burg Cochem

Gemeinde

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  • Winningen (Most important)
  • Kobern-Gondorf
  • Hatzenport
  • Cochem (Elbling is the most commonly planted)
  • Bremm
  • Zell
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Bernkastel (Middle Mosel)

General

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Located between Graach (North) and Piesport (West)

Named for the township of Bernkastel-Kues

Largest Bereiche, hold’s two thirds of the Mosel’s vineyards (50 km of river)

Follows the river from Tier to Zell

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Bernkastel

Gemeinde (10)

North to South

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  • Erden
  • Urzig
  • Zeltingen
  • Wehlen
  • Graach an der Mosel
  • Bernkastel-Kues
  • Brauneberg
  • Piesport
  • Trittenheim
  • Leiwen
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Erden

Vineyards

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  • Pralat
  • Treppchen

Producers: Dr. Loosen

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Urzig

Vineyards

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Known for Rotliegend soil type

  • Wurtzgarten

Producers: Joh. Jos Christoffel Erben, Dr. Loosen, Markus Molitor

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Zeltingen

Vineyards

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  • Sonnenuhr

Producers: Joh. Jos Prum, Dr. Loosen, Johannes Selbach

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Wehlen

Vineyards

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  • Sonnenuhr

Producers: Joh. Jos Prum, Dr. Loosen

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Graach an der Mosel

Vineyards

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  • Domprobst
  • Josephshofer (Monopole: Reichsgraff van Kesselstatt)
  • Himmelreich
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Bernkastel-Kues

Vineyards

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Doktor (Doctor)

  • Most expensive vineyard in Germany
  • Vineyards east of famous Doctor vineyard, whose vines were excluded in 1984, may label their wines Alte Badstube am Doktorberg

Lay

  • Lay = Slate
  • Dr. Loosen
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Brauneberg

Vineyards

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Juffer

Juffer Sonnenuhr

  • Producers: Weingut Fritz Haag
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Piesport

Vineyards

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Goldtropfchen (Droplets of Gold)

  • Renhold Haart
  • Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt

Domherr

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Trittenheim

Vineyards

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  • Apotheke
  • Treppchen
  • Altarchen
  • Felsenkopf
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Leiwen

Vineyards

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Laurentiuslay

  • Nik Weiss (St. Urbans-Hof)
  • Gerhard Grans (Weingut Grans-Fassian)
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Bernkastel

Famous Vineyards for Riesling

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Bernkastel Doctor

Piesporter Goldtropfchen

Erdner Pralat

Graacher Himmelreich

Urziger Wurzgarten

Sundial (Sonnenuhr) vineyards of Wehlen and Zeltingen

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Bernkastel Grosslagen Bottlings

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  • Piesporter MIchelsberg
  • Badstube
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Classic vs. Upstart Producers

Bernkastel

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Classic

  • Joh Jos Prum
  • Reinhold Haart
  • Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
  • Dr. Loosen

Upstart

  • Ansgar Clusserath
  • Daniel Vollenweider
  • Clemens-Busch
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Ruwertal

General

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  • A small tributary of the Mosel, connecting to the middle Mosel between Trier and Trittenheim
  • Similar slate soil composition contains about 200 hectares of vines, predominantly Riesling

Best Producers:

  • Karthauserhof in Eitelsbach
  • Benedictine St. Maximin (Owned by the Von Schubert Family)
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Ruwertal

Gemeinde

and Vineyards

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Eitelsbach

  • Karthauserhofberg (Monopole: Karthauserhof)

Mertesdorf

  • Abtsberg (Monopole: Maximin Grunhause) - owned by Schubert-Grunhauser
  • Herrenberg
  • Bruderberg
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Saar

General

A

Small region south of Trier

One of the coolest areas of the Mosel

Best vineyards are south-facing

  • Saarburger Rausch
  • Horecker
  • Altenberg on the Saar river in Kanzem
  • Scharzhofberg in Wiltingen

Egon Muller is the most vamous producer of Scharzhofberg

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Saar

Gemeinde (2)

and Vineyards

A

Wiltingen

  • Scharzhofberg (Egon Muller and Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt)

Saarburg

  • Rausch (Forstmeister Geltz-Ziliken is a great producer)
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Moseltor

General

A

Covers a handful of vines in the Saarland, near Obermosel

Limestone rather than slate soils

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Obermosel (Upper Mosel)

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Occupies the right bank of the Mosel River from just south of Trier to the French border

This sector of the Mosel sits, with Chablis and Champagne, in the Paris Basin, atop a calcareous soil makeup that replaces the Devonian slate of the Middle and Lower Mosel

Riesling takes a back seat in the Obermosel to Ebling, an ancient white grape variety that produces simple, fruity white and refreshing sparkling wines

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Mosel Soil

Explained

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Blue Devonian Slate with sandy topsoil, red slate (iron-rich) in vineyards near Erden/Urzig

  • Thin sandy topsoil is covered with tiles of broken slate, carried up the slopes to collect heat and prevent erosion of the soil beneath
  • Devonian slate helps to defuse night time lows and limit diurnal variation by releasing heat stored throughout the day into the canopy
  • Devonian slate is found in both dark blue and red cariations, dark colores slate is most common and its effects are increased
  • Without such dry, well-drained, heat-retaining soils, ripening would be delayed
  • It is helpful against Phylloxera
  • Dark Slate = about 50% of cultivated areas
  • Red Slate = about 16% of cultivated areas
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Mosel

Producers

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  • Alfred Merkelbach (Urzig)
  • Annegret Reh-Gartner (Morscheid)
  • Ansgar Clusserath - Upstart
  • Benedictine St. Maximin
  • Bernhard Kirsten (Klusserath)
  • Clemens-Busch (Punderich) - Upstart
  • Daniel Vollenweider - Upstart
  • Dr. Loosen (Ernst Loosen) (Bernkastel)
  • Dr. Manfred Prum (Bernkastel-Wehlen)
  • Egon Muller (Wiltingen)
  • Eva Clusserath (Trittenheim)
  • Fritz Haag (Brauneberg)
  • Herhatrd Grans (Leiwen)
  • Johannes Selbach (Zeltingen)
  • Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erban
  • Joh. Jus. Prum (Wehlen)
  • Karthauserhof
  • Markus Molitor (Bernkastel-Wehlen)
  • Nik Weis of St. Urbans-Hof (Leiwen)
  • Raimund Prum (Bernkastel-Wehlen)
  • Reinhard Lowenstein (Winnigen)
  • Reinhold Haart
  • Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
  • Theo Haart (Piesport)
  • Thomas Haag (Lieser)
  • Willhelm Haag (Brauneberg)
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Rheingau

History

A

1712 - Kloster Eberbach begins making high-quality wines as Cabinet

1775 - Schloss Johannisberg announced first planned Spatlese harvest of botrytis-affected fruit

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Rheingau

Important

A

First vineyards to be demarcated

Perfectly suited to Riesling (80% of vineyard acreage = higher proportion than any other anbaugebiet), 7.3% of the world’s Riesling comes from the Rheingau

Essentially one long southeast facing slope

Favorable soils / mesoclimate produce a more powerful (fuller body / more concentrated) style of Riesling than Mosel

Dry wines account for over 50% of Rheingau Riesling production

VDP lists more Erste Lage in the Rheingau than any other anbaugebiet

Geisenheim Institute is located here

Stylistically: around 80% of Rheingau Riesling has 9 g/l or less of residual sugar

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Rheingauer Flote

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Flute-Shaped brown bottle for Rheingau Riesling

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Rheingau Charta

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Est. 1984

Spearheraded by Bernhard Breuer (of Georg Breuer estate) in Rudesheim

Strove to promote more stringent quality guidelines than the 1971 wine law proides, to better define the Rheingau’s great vineyards and elevate dry Riesling to its historical role as top product of the region

Erste Gewachs

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Erste Gewachs

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Trademarked term by Charta for dry-wines from Grosse Lage sites, legally authorized term that may be spelled out in full (unlike Grosse Gewachs = GG) permitted under German wine law for the 1999 vintage forward.

Only applies to dry Riesling and Spatburgunder from selected Rheingau vineyards. The Logo is Three Arches

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Rheingau

Minimum Pradikat Ripeness

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White Grapes

  • Kabinett - 75
  • Spatlese - 85
  • Auslese - 100
  • BA/Eiswein - 125
  • TBA - 150

Roter Riesling / Roter Nobling

  • Kabinett - 75
  • Spatlese - 85
  • Auslese - 95
  • BA/Eiswein - 125
  • TBA - 150

Red Grapes (red/rose)

  • Kabinett - 80
  • Spatlese - 90/85
  • Auslese - 105/100
  • BA/Eiswein - 125
  • TBA - 150
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Rheingau

Geography / Climate

A

Aspect: Steep, south-facing

Located between Wiesbaden (West) and Rudesheim (East)

Bordered by the Taunus Mountain Range to the North

Slope is roughly 75 to over 300 meters

Because of the aspect and the Rhine river reflecting the suns warmth, the Rheingau is much warmer than much of the Rheinhessen to the South

The Rhine is as wide as a lake in some areas, serves to mitigate temperature swings more as a reservoir of humidity and warmth, than it does as a reflective surface

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Rheingau Grapes

A

Riesling - 80% - perfectly suited to the Rheingau - 7.3% of all Riesling in the world comes from the Rheingau

Spatburgunder - Pinot Noir - 13% - Enjoys a long history in Assmanhausen

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List of Grosslage (inferior quality)

Rheingau

A
  • Burgweg
  • Daubhaus
  • Deutelsberg
  • Erntebringer
  • Gottesthal
  • Heiligenstock
  • Honinhsberg
  • Mehrholzchen
  • Steil
  • Steinmacher
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Rheingau

Bereiche

A

Johannisberg

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Major Villages

West to East

Johannisberg

A
  • Lorch
  • Assmanshausen
  • Rudesheim
  • Geisenheim
  • Johannisberg
  • Winkel
  • Oestrich
  • Hallgarten
  • Hattenheim
  • Erbach
  • Kiedrich
  • Eltville
  • Rauenthal
  • Martinsthal
  • Walluf
  • Hochem am Main
  • Wicker
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Assmanhausen

General

Important Vineyatds

A
  • Rheingau’s center for red wine production, Spatburgunder
  • Hollenberg (Grosse Lage) - August Kessler is the finest grower and the best Spatburgunder comes from this vineyard
  • Deep slate soils with loamy quartzite
  • Hessen Wine Estate is also a large contributor to this site
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Rudesheim

General

Important Vineyards

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  • Steepest slopes in all of Germany (70%)
  • Berg Roseneck (Grosse Lage)
  • Berg Rottland (Grosse Lage)
  • Berg Schlossberg (Grosse Lage) - 70%!
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Johannisberg

Important Vineyards

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  • Schloss Johannisberg (Grosse Lage) - succesful harvesting of botrytis in the late 18th century led to development of Spatlese and Auslese Terminology
  • Holle (Gross Lage)
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Winkel

Important Vineyards

A
  • Schloss Vollrads (Grosse Lage)
  • Hasensprung (Grosse Lage)
  • Jesuitengarten (Grosse Lage)
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Hallgarten

Important Vineyards

A

Upslope from Hattenheim = higher elevation

Schonhell (Grosse Lage)

Jungfer (Grosse Lage)

Kloster Eberbach

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Hattenheim

Important Vineyards

A

Pffafenberg (Monopole: Schloss Schonborn)

Mannberg (Erste Lage)

  • Almost entirely owned by Langweth von Simmern

Steinberg (Monopole: Kloster Eberbach)

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Hattenheim Producers

A

Schloss Schonborn and Langwerth von Simmern are the principal growers here

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Ernbach

Important Vineyards

A

Marcobrunn (Grosse Lage) - Low-lying and contiguous to eastern edge of Mannberg

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Kiedrich

Important Vineyards

A
  • North of Eberbach, famous for wines of Robert Weil

Grafenberg (Grosse Lage) - source of outstanding sweet wines from Robert Weil

Turmberg (exception to the 5 ha minimum law)

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Eltville

Important Vineyards

A
  • Sonneberg (Erste Lage)
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Hochem am Main

General

Important Vineyards

A

Gentler slope than elsewhere in Rheingau and very warm

Holle (Grosse Lage)

Kirchenstuck (Grosse Lage)

  • “Church Parcel”
  • Finest vineyard in Hocheim
  • Franz Kunstler - dominant producer
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Rheingau

Soil

A
  • Upper Rheingau (Hocheim, Wicker, Florsheim) - characterized by sediments from marl, gravel, sand. loams and clay
  • Lower Rheingau - more Devonian sandstone, quartzite, and shale in the medium and deep soils
  • The steep vineyards between Rudesheim and Lorchhausen are slate, quartz, gravel and sandstone predominantly
  • Upper slope = dominated by slate
  • Lower vineyards = closer to the water - mixture of clay, loess, alluvial sand and red slate
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Rheingau

Major Producers

A
  • August Kesseler (Assamanshausen)
  • Eva Fricke
  • Franz Kunstler (Hochheim)
  • George Breuer (Rudesheim)
  • Josef Leitz (Rudesheim)
  • Josef Spreitzer (Oestrich)
  • Kloster Eberbach (Hallgarten) ** This is now the property of the Hessen Wine Estate
  • Peter Jakob Kuhn
  • Robert Weil (Kiedrich)
  • Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim) **Continues to label their “Silberlack” Grosse Lage Riesling as Trocken
  • Schloss Schonborn (Hattenheim) **Founded in 1349! Among the first to introduce glass bottles in early 1700s
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What are the monopoles of the Ruwer?

Who owns them?

A

Karthauserhofberg - Karthauserhof

Abstberg

Henneberg

Brudeberg

All owned by Maximin Grunhaus

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Recent TOP vintages of the Rheingau

A
  • 2018
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2011
  • 2009
  • 2005
  • 2001
  • 1990
  • 1989
65
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Difficult Vintages of the Rheingau

A
  • 2003 - Europe-wide heatwave
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1994
  • 1993
66
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What are two legendary vintages of Rheingau?

A

1971

1976

67
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List the Gross Lage of Rheingau

A
  • Burgweg
  • Daubhaus
  • Deutelsberg
  • Erntebringer
  • Gottesthal
  • Heiligenstock
  • Honigsberg
  • Mehrholzchen
  • Steil
  • Steinmacher

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