Weingut Josef Leitz Rudesheimer Riesling Spatlese Trocken, Rheingau, Germany
| Assmanhausen | Hochheim am Main | Mittelheim | Wicker |
| Erbach | Johannisberg | Oestrich | Winkel |
| Geisenheim | Kiedrich | Rauenthal | |
| Hallgarten | Lorch | Rudesheim | |
| Hattenheim | Martinsthal | Walluf |
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Rudesheim wine region
Rüdesheim is a town on the northern banks of the Rhine river in the wine-growing region of Rheingau, Germany. It is located at around 50 degrees northern latitude, just west of Geisenheim. The area was first settled by Celts, followed by the Romans in the 1st century, who brought with them their wine-making knowledge, as evidenced in the local wine museum. Today the town attracts three million tourists per year, many of whom come for the rich wine tradition in the steep vineyards in the surrounding Taunus mountains.
Rüdesheim hosts 11 registered single vineyard sites, although only five of these are classified by the VDP as Erste Lage – Klosterlay, Bischofsberg, Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck and Berg Schlossberg.
Klosterlay is attached to the former Benedictine monastery, now the Abbey Church of St Hildegard, to the north of the town. It is named after the lay rock found not only in the vineyard, but also on the roofs and tiles of the surrounding villages. It is a south-facing site that produces mineral-expressive wines that reflect their rocky origins.
Bischofsberg (Bishop's Mountain) is the westernmost Rheingau vineyard to rest on sedimentary soils. Beyond this site lie rocky formations that do not retain water as well as their softer counterparts. Bischofsberg is protected by the hills from the cold northern wind, and utilizes an east-west breeze that restrains the typical morning mist and keeps the vines dry.
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Bereich Johannisberg wine region
Each of Germany's 13 wine-producing regions is divided into smaller districts known as Bereiche. Reference to these sub-regions has fallen from fashion in recent years, but they still exist as part of the landscape of German wine law.
Bereich Johannisberg is the only official sub-region of Rheingau and is contiguous with the entire Rheingau region. It stretches from the mouth of the Main river where it flows into the Rhine just south of Wiesbaden, following the Rhine first north, and then westward, until the river again swings north at Bingen and on to Lorch, where the Mittelrhein begins.
Originally established as a wine-growing region by the Romans, Rheingau is now almost entirely a Riesling area. The first documented plantings occurred in 1435 and this one variety now accounts for almost 80% of the total vineyard area. Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) follows at approximately 12%, then Müller-Thurgau at around 2%.
Sixteen towns and villages within Bereich Johannisberg have vineyards that have been classified by the VDP as Erste Lage.
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Riesling is an aromatic white grape variety of German origin which is, if the majority of the world's top wine critics are to be believed, the finest white wine variety on Earth.
For many, the claim may seem at odds with the sea of chaptalized, low-quality wine exported from Germany in the late 20th century. In fact, very little of that wine was Riesling at all, but the reputation has nonetheless stuck. No less unshakeable a stereotype is of Riesling as just a 'sweet' grape, used only to make sticky wines. Although based on a grain of truth (sweet Rieslings are among the finest in the world), this stereotype blindly ignores the fact that most Riesling is either dry or off-dry, and is behind some of the finest, most age-worthy cuvees that money can buy.
The Riesling vine holds a very different place in the wine world to such great grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Chardonnay, and even Sauvignon Blanc, another aromatic variety which excels in cool climates. While these grapes make globally popular wines and have conquered every corner of the winegrowing world, Riesling has a more exclusive fan base, and is conspicuous by its absence in the core vineyards of France, Spain and Italy.
Riesling's home is unquestionably the regions which trace the middle Rhine and the lower Mosel, two of Europe's great wine rivers. This essentially equates to the key wine regions of Germany, most famously the Mosel, more ...