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    96 Points
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    95 Points
Gunderloch Rothenberg Grosses Gewächs Riesling 2022
Gunderloch Rothenberg Grosses Gewächs Riesling 2022

Gunderloch Rothenberg Grosses Gewächs Riesling 2022

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GUNDERLOCH is one of the very best Riesling producers worldwide

The vineyard has a slope of 30 to 80% and comprises 290-million-year-old red shale plates.

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    • Description

      Nackenheimer ‘Rothenberg’: Approx. 5.5 ha, with south-by-southeast exposure; steep exposed slate directly on the cliffside toward the Rhine. It was the first of the Gunderloch estate’s vineyards, and is the stoniest, steepest, most fascinating and most demanding site. It produces singular wines of minerality and spice that develop fine exotic notes as they mature. The steep section of vineyards is almost a monopole of the winery.

      The Rothenberg vineyard encompasses about 20 hectares directly on the Rhine River on the north end of the “Roter Hang” between Nackenheim and Nierstein. Around five hectares of this comprise the heart of the Rothenberg. The vineyard has a slope of 30 to 80% and comprises 290-million-year-old red shale plates. The Hasselbach family of Gunderloch Estate own around 4.5 hectares of this prime vineyard made up predominantly of very steep parcels. The Nackenheimer Rothenberg is without question their most prominent vineyard mountain. It yields wines of striking mineral character paired with a broad spectrum of expressive spice and fruit aromas.



      Tasting Profile

      • Light
      • Full
      • Low Tannin
      • Tannic
      • Sweet
      • Dry
      • Low Acidity
      • High Acidity
      Aroma:

      Lemon, Lime, Mineral

      Palate:

      Chalk, Honeydew, Lemon

      Food Pairings:
      Asian Food Asian
      Fish Fish
      Shellfish Shellfish

    Description

    Nackenheimer ‘Rothenberg’: Approx. 5.5 ha, with south-by-southeast exposure; steep exposed slate directly on the cliffside toward the Rhine. It was the first of the Gunderloch estate’s vineyards, and is the stoniest, steepest, most fascinating and most demanding site. It produces singular wines of minerality and spice that develop fine exotic notes as they mature. The steep section of vineyards is almost a monopole of the winery.

    The Rothenberg vineyard encompasses about 20 hectares directly on the Rhine River on the north end of the “Roter Hang” between Nackenheim and Nierstein. Around five hectares of this comprise the heart of the Rothenberg. The vineyard has a slope of 30 to 80% and comprises 290-million-year-old red shale plates. The Hasselbach family of Gunderloch Estate own around 4.5 hectares of this prime vineyard made up predominantly of very steep parcels. The Nackenheimer Rothenberg is without question their most prominent vineyard mountain. It yields wines of striking mineral character paired with a broad spectrum of expressive spice and fruit aromas.



    Tasting Profile

    • Light
    • Full
    • Low Tannin
    • Tannic
    • Sweet
    • Dry
    • Low Acidity
    • High Acidity
    Aroma:

    Lemon, Lime, Mineral

    Palate:

    Chalk, Honeydew, Lemon

    Food Pairings:
    Asian Food Asian
    Fish Fish
    Shellfish Shellfish
    Gunderloch

    Founded in 1890 by the banker Carl Gunderloch who was also the first President and a founding member of the Rheinhessen VDP. Our working relationship and friendship started in 1988 just a few years after Fritz Hasselbach took charge of the cellar. 1989 produced the first of a series of great noble sweet wines from the great Rothenberg vineyard in Nackenheim. Soon after the estate set records garnering perfect scores in 1992, 1996 and 2001 in the Wine Spectator – the only estate in the world to ever to do so.

    The estate owns 95% of the filet piece in the great Nackenheimer Rothenberg which also includes the old Fenchelberg. The other Grand Cru vineyard is the Niersteiner Pettenthal; terroir in these top sites is red slate and clay in the Rothenberg and lighter versions in the Pettenthal producing more masculine and more feminine wines respectively. The Rothenberg Rieslings induce wonderful peach, apricot and spice aromas which carry over to the palate with an additional nuance of almonds and a powerful and persistent mineral finish. The Pettenthal Rieslings are more refined but also with a pear and apricot fruit but without the strong mineral drive of the Rothenberg.

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