Historic Schloss Neuweier estate north of Baden-Baden, owned by Robert Schaetzle since 2012 and majority Riesling from steep granite terraces cooled by evening Black Forest air.
Tip: The Mauerwein bottling from the Mauerberg Grosse Lage is the estate's most site-specific Riesling.
Address: Mauerbergstrasse 21, 76534 Baden-Baden-Neuweier, Germany
Lahr estate organic-certified since 1991, farming four Grosse Lage sites on the Ortenau's southern edge with Auxerrois, grown there since the 1950s, alongside the core Burgunder range.
Tasting: Tastings at the Lahr estate, certified organic since 1991.
Tip: Ask for the Auxerrois; Woehrle is one of the few Ortenau estates with old-vine plantings of the variety.
Buehl cooperative in the Affental valley at the Ortenau's northern reach, best known outside the region for its distinctive monkey-relief Affenflasche bottle of Spaetburgunder.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar door in Buehl-Eisental, at the Ortenau's northern edge, known for its monkey-embossed "Affenflasche" bottle.
Tip: The Affenflasche bottle shape is a regional collector's item as much as the wine inside it.
Lahr estate organic-certified since 1991, farming four Grosse Lage sites on the Ortenau's southern edge with Auxerrois, grown there since the 1950s, alongside the core Burgunder range.
Tasting: Tastings at the Lahr estate, certified organic since 1991.
Tip: Ask for the Auxerrois; Woehrle is one of the few Ortenau estates with old-vine plantings of the variety.
Buehl cooperative in the Affental valley at the Ortenau's northern reach, best known outside the region for its distinctive monkey-relief Affenflasche bottle of Spaetburgunder.
Tasting: Cooperative cellar door in Buehl-Eisental, at the Ortenau's northern edge, known for its monkey-embossed "Affenflasche" bottle.
Tip: The Affenflasche bottle shape is a regional collector's item as much as the wine inside it.
Kraichgau estate first documented in 1251 below the ruins of Burg Ravensburg, Demeter-certified biodynamic and majority Riesling on gypsum-keuper clay-loess soils.
Tasting: Vinothek tastings at the Heitlinger Genusswelten site in Oestringen-Tiefenbach, covering both estates' Grosse Lage wines.
Tip: Taste alongside sister estate Heitlinger; both pour at the same Genusswelten vinothek.
Kraichgau estate on calcareous soils at Oestringen-Tiefenbach, farming 72.7 hectares of mostly Burgunder varieties within the Heitlinger Genusswelten resort complex.
Tasting: Tastings at the Heitlinger Genusswelten complex, which combines the winery with a golf resort, hotel and restaurants.
Tip: The Genusswelten site bundles the tasting room with a hotel and restaurants; book ahead in peak season.
Leimen estate on the Badische Bergstrasse near Heidelberg, farmed by the Seeger family across thirteen generations on muschelkalk and bunter sandstone soils.
Tasting: Tastings at the Leimen estate near Heidelberg, family-run for thirteen generations.
Tip: Leimen is a short trip from Heidelberg, making this the easiest Baden estate to reach without a full Kaiserstuhl detour.
Two-site estate run by the House of Baden, Schloss Salem above the Bodensee and Schloss Staufenberg in the Rhine Valley, majority Burgunder varieties on glacial soils near the lake.
Tasting: Tastings across two sites, Schloss Salem on the Bodensee and Schloss Staufenberg in the Rhine Valley; wines also sold through the Badischer Winzerkeller's shop in Breisach.
Tip: Schloss Salem is a working monastery-turned-palace as well as a winery; the grounds are worth the extra time.
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