3 editor-picked Rieslaner producers across 1 region.
A guide to Rieslaner worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
A 1744-founded Haardt estate now in the ninth Catoir generation under Philipp David Catoir; 23.3 ha across Burgergarten Im Breumel monopole, Eselshaut, Mandelgarten and Vogelsang Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Vinothek at Mandelring 25; estate tastings by appointment with a focus on Haardter Burgergarten and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten GGs and the Scheurebe and Rieslaner specialties.
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.
Tasting rooms of the 1744-founded Mueller-Catoir estate at the foot of the Haardt Castle in Neustadt-Haardt. Riesling, Rieslaner and Scheurebe from 25 hectares across Mandelgarten, Buergergarten and Herrenletten Grosse Lage parcels.
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