Always a pleasure and always great value for Riesling-lovers, the grapes for Jean-Baptiste are grown on the lower terraces of Gunderloch's three top vineyard sites: Nierstein Hipping, Nierstein Pettenthal and Nackenheim Rothenberg (all grand cru sites). Technically a feinherb style, or "balanced...

(2g RS/7.5g acid/12.5%) Niersteiner Hipping is Gunderloch’s smallest grand cru, sourced from an extremely steep portion of the vineyard. Spontaneously fermented, barrel-aged, and picked at punishingly low yields. The nose is typical Roter Hang: herbal, stony, savory, sunny, but ups the ante with...

(3.5g RS/8g acid/12% alc) Gunderloch’s crown jewel vineyard is the Nackenheimer Rothenberg, one of the top grosse lagen (grand cru’s) of the “Roter Hang” (a 5km stretch of steep vineyards along the Rhine river composed of iron-rich, blood-red slate and clay). The Rothenberg is almost a monopole for...

90g/l RS, 9g acid, 7% alc. There was botrytis in this vintage, but at Gunderloch it was the dry, clean kind that winemakers love. Tasted upon release, it showed extremely pale and pretty with great juiciness and lift--atypical for a Rhine Auslese. Sweet lemon tea notes play around the edges. With...

Always a pleasure and always great value for Riesling-lovers, the grapes for Jean-Baptiste are grown on the lower terraces of Gunderloch's three top vineyard sites: Nierstein Hipping, Nierstein Pettenthal and Nackenheim Rothenberg (all grand cru sites). Technically a feinherb style, or "balanced...

This small-production Silvaner is picked from the younger vines of Probstey and Hölle (both Grand Cru’s). from sandier soils. Matured in 500L barrels and larger stuckfasse. “Really something for the sommelier,” says Christophe. Pungent, varietally true aromas of green vegetables, salty minerals and...

Grown about 5km south of the Rhein on clay/limestone, macerated briefly on the skins, aged one year in steel and barrel. Riveting Pinot Gris, unlike any other: a beautiful shade of pale pink, more precise and zestier than the norm, gently framed by skin tannins and perfectly balanced at 12.5%....

100% Chardonnay from a vineyard dating to 1593. The vines grow at mid-slope in a cool, west facing site where a thin layer of silt covers active limestone. Spontan fermentation, aged on the lees for 1yr in barrique. The wine is pure stones in the nose, fruit wrapped up in steel threads, and a laser...

100% Pinot Noir from mixed German clones grown about 5km south of the Rhein on a mix of limestone and clay with a small % of sandy soil. 30% whole cluster and 70% destemmed, vinified in large oak, bottled unfiltered and unfined at low SO2. Deeply saturated color with a glorious nose of cherry fruit...

100% Pinot Noir from clay/limestone, spontan fermentation with whole clusters, and 18 months in barrels, mostly older with a small % of new oak. Clear, pure, transparent, terroir-driven Pinot from cool climes with beautiful fruit trickling through the finish.