2020 Gau-Odernheimer Riesling dry

Our local wines come from the best vineyards on the Petersberg in Gau-Odernheim. It is their origin, the soils and locations that give the local wines their unique character. This Riesling comes from 8 different Riesling vineyards, all around and on the Petersberg. It is the older vineyards that are selected in several reading passes.

The wine:
Intense fruit after ripe yellow fruits, complex and dense. Strong salty minerality, clear, fine, elegant structure with plenty of draw and good length.

Origin:
Rheinhessen | Gau-Odernheim | Petersberg

Grape variety:
100 % Riesling

Viticulture: 50 % wooden barrel | 50 % stainless steel
The fully ripe grapes are picked by hand in several passes. This is followed by a maceration period of 12 to 30 hours. 50% is spontaneously fermented in large wooden barrels and 50% in stainless steel. The must, like the wine, remains unadorned and on the full yeast until it is filled in April / May. It is filled with just one filtration.

Soil: Kalk-Mergel | Muschelkalk | Ton
Vintage: 2020
Alcohol: 12,5 %
Residual sugar: 4,1g/l
Acid: 6,3 g/l

Awards for our winery in 2021:
Gault Millau 3 Grapes
Eichelmann 4 Stars
Vinum Weinguide 3 Stars