6 editor-picked estates growing Gewurztraminer in Pfalz.
Where to taste Gewurztraminer in Pfalz: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
A respekt-BIODYN Siebeldingen estate at 26 ha under Hansjorg Rebholz, VDP member since 1991, with Grosse Lage parcels at Birkweiler Kastanienbusch, Siebeldinger Im Sonnenschein and Mandelberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 54; biodynamic vineyard walks on Kastanienbusch, Im Sonnenschein and Mandelberg by appointment; vintner tastings during the Sudliche Weinstrasse open-cellar weekend in late August.
A 61 ha north-Mittelhaardt and Zellertal estate at Laumersheim under Philipp Kuhn, VDP member since 2008, with Grosse Lage parcels at Kirschgarten, Steinbuckel, Im Grossen Garten, Schwarzer Herrgott and Kallstadter Saumagen.
Tasting: Vinothek at Grosskarlbacher Strasse 20 by appointment; estate tastings cover the Laumersheimer Kirschgarten and Steinbuckel GGs and the Zellertaler Schwarzer Herrgott and Kreuzberg Rieslings.
A 16.3 ha Ungstein estate at Pfeffingen 2 under Jan Eymael, VDP member since 1986; Herrenberg and Weilberg Grosse Lage Rieslings and the historic Pfalz Scheurebe reference bottling.
Tasting: Vinothek at Pfeffingen 2 by appointment; tastings cover Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg GG plus the estate's Scheurebe lineup, the Pfeffingen reference.
A 19 ha Godramstein Burgunder specialist under Gunter and Friedrich Kessler, VDP member since 2000; flagship Munzberg Schlangenpfiff Weisser Burgunder GG and a Pinot Noir-led portfolio on calcareous soils.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bochingerstrasse 51 by appointment; tastings of Munzberg Schlangenpfiff Weissburgunder GG and the Godramsteiner Erste Lage bottlings.
A 6.8 ha biodynamic Wachenheim estate at Odinstalweg under Thomas Hensel, Demeter-certified and VDP member since 2021; elevated basalt and limestone vineyards on the Odinstal monopole and a Kallstadter Saumagen parcel.
Tasting: Vinothek at the elevated Odinstal cellar above Wachenheim by appointment; biodynamic vineyard walks on the Odinstal monopole at roughly 300 metres on basalt.
An Essingen estate in the southern Pfalz, long-standing specialist in nobly sweet Pradikat wines from Auslese to Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein on a roughly 12 ha vineyard footprint.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Essingen; the estate is a long-established Pfalz specialist in nobly sweet Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.