Nierstein Riesling trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout, spicy Thai green curry, roasted pork loin
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, sun-drenched terraces of Nierstein's legendary Roter Hang (Red Slope), this 2022 Riesling trocken is a pure expression of one of Germany's most celebrated terroirs. The 280-million-year-old red clay-slate soils, rich in iron, absorb the intense summer heat and radiate it back to the vines, imparting a signature smoky, wild-herb, and flinty minerality to the 100% Riesling grapes. The 2022 growing season in Rheinhessen was marked by extreme warmth and dryness, forcing the vines to dig deep into the ancient slate for moisture. This struggle yielded a wine of remarkable concentration, balancing ripe peach and zesty citrus aromas with a vibrant, saline acidity. Vinified with minimal intervention and aged in a combination of stainless steel and large neutral oak casks, it captures both the warmth of the vintage and the cool, stony precision of its origin.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1890 by banker Carl Gunderloch, Weingut Gunderloch is an esteemed estate located in Nackenheim along the Rhine in Germany's Rheinhessen region. Now meticulously stewarded across generations by the Hasselbach family, the estate is renowned for its historic holdings in the steep, red-slate terraces of the famous Roter Hang, particularly the grand cru Nackenheimer Rothenberg. Practicing attentive, terroir-focused viticulture, the winery crafts exceptional, mineral-driven Rieslings that span crystalline dry single-vineyard bottlings to legendary, long-lived noble sweet dessert wines such as Auslese and Trockenbeerenauslese. Gunderloch remains a benchmark of Rheinhessen winemaking, celebrated globally for its pure fruit expression, tension, and vibrant acidity.