ClassificationVDP.Weingut
VarietalsSpaetburgunder, Portugieser, Riesling, Mueller-Thurgau, Cabernet Franc
Hectares11.0 ha
WinemakerBenedikt Baltes
TastingCellar-door tastings in Klingenberg am Main; sustainable, low-intervention viticulture across Klingenberg, Grossheubach and Buergstadt parcels.
NeighbourhoodKlingenberg am Main

Tip: Ask for the Klingenberger Schlossberg or Hundsrueck Grosse Lage Spaetburgunder, both red-sandstone Grosse Lage sites the estate farms.

Location

Address: Wilhelmstrasse 107, 63911 Klingenberg am Main, Germany, Franken

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Weingut Juliusspital ★ 4.8

VDP.WeingutSilvaner, Riesling, Mueller-Thurgau, Spaetburgunder, Weissburgunder159.6 haFounded 1576Stiftung JuliusspitalWuerzburg

Charitable Wuerzburg hospital foundation and VDP estate farming 159.6 hectares across the Maindreieck, led by Silvaner and Riesling from sites including the Wuerzburger Stein.

Tasting: Vinothek tastings and cellar visits at the Juliuspromenade address; group tastings by appointment.

Tip: The Weinlese completes early most years; visit the Vinothek on Juliuspromenade for the widest current tasting selection.

Weingut Buergerspital zum Heiligen Geist ★ 4.7

VDP.WeingutSilvaner, Riesling, Weissburgunder, Spaetburgunder105.49 haFounded 1316Stiftung Buergerspital zum Heiligen GeistWuerzburg

Founded in 1316, this Wuerzburg charitable foundation farms 105.49 hectares on Muschelkalk soils, with Silvaner and Riesling leading a mineral-driven, terroir-first house style.

Tasting: Vinothek and weinstube tastings at the Theaterstrasse foundation site in central Wuerzburg.

Tip: Ask for the Wuerzburger Stein bottlings by name; the foundation's own weinstube pours a rotating flight.

Staatlicher Hofkeller Wuerzburg ★ 4.6

VDP.WeingutSilvaner, Riesling, Mueller-Thurgau, Rieslaner, Scheurebe, Spaetburgunder, Domina104.2 haFounded 1128Freistaat Bayern (Bavarian state)Wuerzburg

Bavaria's state wine estate, tracing its own history to 1128, farms 104.2 hectares across Muschelkalk, Keuper and Buntsandstein sites including the Wuerzburger Stein-Berg.

Tasting: Sales and events desks at the Rosenbachpalais on Residenzplatz, adjoining the Wuerzburg Residence cellars.

Tip: The cellars sit beneath the Wuerzburg Residence, a UNESCO site, so pair a tasting with the palace tour.

Weingut Horst Sauer ★ 4.7

VDP.WeingutSilvaner, Mueller-Thurgau, Riesling, Bacchus, Scheurebe, Weissburgunder, Spaetburgunder21.5 haMagdalena and Horst SauerWinemaker Sandra SauerEscherndorf

Escherndorf specialist farming 21.5 hectares including the VDP.Grosse Lage Am Lumpen 1655, with Silvaner and Riesling from the steep, south-facing Lump slope.

Tasting: Tastings for groups up to 28 by appointment; walk-in sales during posted weekday and Saturday hours.

Tip: The Escherndorfer Lump gradient runs 40 to 60 percent, so the estate's Grosses Gewaechs bottlings reward a decant.

Weingut Rainer Sauer ★ 4.4

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Naturland-certified organic estate in Escherndorf farming 16.6 hectares, with Silvaner past 60 percent of plantings on the Lump and neighbouring Muschelkalk slopes.

Tasting: Weekday and Saturday cellar-door sales; tastings by appointment.

Tip: Ask for the Escherndorfer Lump Silvaner trocken, the estate's calling card since Naturland conversion.

Weingut Rudolf Fuerst ★ 4.9

VDP.WeingutSpaetburgunder, Fruehburgunder, Riesling, Weissburgunder, Silvaner, Chardonnay22.8 haFounded 1638Fuerst family (Paul and Sebastian Fuerst)Winemaker Sebastian FuerstBuergstadt

Mainviereck red-wine estate at over 60 percent Spaetburgunder and Fruehburgunder on red Buntsandstein at Buergstadt, run by Paul and Sebastian Fuerst since 2018.

Tasting: Sales by appointment, weekdays 9am to noon and 2 to 5pm, Saturdays 10am to 3pm.

Tip: The Buergstadter Centgrafenberg bottlings are the estate's flagship Pinot Noir; book ahead, allocations sell out.

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