Germany / Rheinhessen
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2019 Gunderloch Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett

Gunderloch

Rheinhessen

This Kabinett is a classical, off-dry Riesling typical for the minerality of the red slate soil. The wine offers harmonious Riesling fruit with a fine acidity and juicy texture. Typical fruity characteristics of yellow flesh stone fruits and long mineral finish of our “Red Slate” vineyards. Named after the founder of the winery “Jean Baptiste” Gunderloch. The lower terraces of our three top vineyard sites Nierstein Hipping, Nierstein Pettenthal and Nackenheim Rothenberg. Red slate soil from Permian times (290 mil. years old).


Viticulture

Vegetation in 2019 started early but due to a very arid climate the vines developed stable but slowly. After an early flowering our thirsty vineyards received healthy amounts of rainfall in a mild climate with few heatpeaks. Harvest started in early September and remained mostly dry which allowed us to pick at a slow and precise rhythm. The wines of 2019 are on the lighter and vivid side but convince through a settled, deep but persistent taste.