Gunderloch Roter Schiefer Riesling 2024

Gunderloch Roter Schiefer Riesling

Region: Rheinhessen, Germany

Vintage: 2024

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Riesling

ABV: 12%

This wine has vibrant aromas of clementine, yellow plums, and honeysuckle. The palate is precise with good acidity and a persistent, refreshing finish.

Fruit for this wine is sourced from selected sites in the Roter Hang (the red hillside) in the Upper Rheinhessen. It is named after its distinctive iron-rich red soils formed over 280 million years ago. This combination of red slate, clay and limestone lends a distinctive character and complex minerality to the wines. The vineyards, which include Rothenberg, Pettenthal and Hipping, are planted on east and south-east facing slopes, overlooking the Rhine, ensuring optimal ripeness. They are managed organically and sustainably, with practices such as no-till and dry farming, hay mulching and indigenous cover crops.

Some of the parcels in this wine were hand harvested, and some were harvested by machine. Upon arrival at the winery the grapes had a short maceration and then were gently pressed in a pneumatic press and left to settle overnight. 90% was fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks at 14-15°C to preserve and accentuate the variety’s pure and vibrant aromatics. A small proportion of the wine naturally underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine was left on the lees for four months before bottling.

Gunderloch are one of the Rheinhessen’s most respected producers, known for their complex Rieslings derived from the distinctive, red soils of Roter Hang. Though the estate has over 130 years of history, including a pivotal role in the founding of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP), its reputation has been shaped by a willingness to adapt in pursuit of continued quality. As sixth-generation winemaker Johannes Hasselbach explains, “this is an old estate with a long history, but we have to evolve because when nature changes, so do the wines”.

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