Red Stone Riesling
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1 to 5 years from the vintage release to appreciate its vibrant fruit and fresh mineral tension.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, fresh seafood platter
✨ Technical Specifications
Gunderloch's 'Red Stone' Riesling is a liquid tribute to the iconic 'Roter Hang' (Red Slope) of the Rheinhessen, a striking cliffside of 180-million-year-old red clay-slate that plunges toward the Rhine River. This iron-rich soil, known locally as Rotliegend, absorbs the sun's heat during the day and radiates it back to the vines at night, imparting a distinct smoky minerality and lush stone fruit character to the grapes. Crafted by Johannes Hasselbach, this estate Riesling captures the vibrant energy of the region. It is fermented in stainless steel to preserve its pristine fruit purity, resulting in a wine that beautifully balances crisp, electric acidity with a touch of natural residual sweetness, embodying the classic, approachable side of Nierstein's legendary terroir.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling