Schloss Schonborn Estate Riesling 2011

Schloss Schonborn Estate
Riesling 2011
Price: $17.00 Case Price: $15.30 ea
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Medium Bodied
Off-Dry
Bottle, 750 ml
Schloss Schonborn
Riesling
50°-54° F
Germany > Rheingau
Schloss Schonborn
Kabinett Riesling
Rheingau, Germany
2011
This is the oldest estate in Germany under continuous family
ownership: 27 generations spanning over 670 years.
“No other estate in the Rheingau possesses such a bevy of
fine vineyards as this highly traditional property in
Hattenheim,” writes Joel Payne. Indeed, their formidable
holdings of 50ha in the Rheingau comprise choice parcels in
38 vineyards, which include virtually all of the top sites of the
appellation. Most have been in the family’s care since
1349; several fabulous sites, like the grand cru Erbacher
Marcobrunn, were added in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Ninety percent of the production is Riesling. Yields are
exceptionally low and the best wines are aged in monumental
100-year-old casks.
While most winemakers recognize Mosel and the Pfalz for the
top German wines, the smaller region of the Rheingau is
perhaps the strongest white wine producing region in all of
Germany. In fact, the Riesling from the Rheingau put German
wine production on the map, as their serene and rolling
vineyards run along with south facing bank of the Rhine river
and protected by the forests of the Taunus Mountains which
block the cold northern wines. Their wines are distinctive from
the Mosel, generally richer, rounder and earthier.
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