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Riesling Estates in the Pfalz
The Pfalz (just say faults, but start with your lips closed) is a fairly large wine region in the rolling hills just south of Rheinhessen. Warmer conditions and heavier soils make for full-bodied, stony wines. The Pfalz is especially well suited to the production of dry Riesling.
Bassermann-Jordan
Kirchgasse 10, 67142 Deidesheim, Germany
Phone (+49) 6326-6006
Fax (+49) 6326-6008
Lovely, stylish wines from an estate that's been around a long time.
Best vineyards
Forster Jesuitengarten
Forster Kirchenstück
Forster Ungeheuer
Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen
Bürklin-Wolf
Weinstraße 65, 67157 Wachenheim, Germany
Phone (+49) 6322-9-5330
Fax (+49) 6322-95-3330
E-mail buerklin-wolf@t-online.de
One of the largest estates in the Pfalz with 95 hectares (237 acres), Bürklin-Wolf still manages to make exceptional wines throughout their entire range. Especially noteworthy are the single-vineyard dry wines.
Best vineyards
Ruppertsberger Gaisböhl (monopole)
Forster Jesuitengarten
Forster Kirchenstück
Forster Ungeheuer
Wachenheimer Gerümpel
Koehler-Ruprecht
Weinstraße 84, 67169 Kallstadt, Germany
Phone (+49) 6322-1829
Fax (+49) 6322-8640
Bernd Philippi exemplifies the notion that wines reflect the personalities of their makers. His wines, like himself, are powerful and boisterous on the outside, yet reveal an inner core that is complex and harmoniously refined.
Best vineyard
Kallstadter Saumagen
Müller-Catoir
Mandelring 25, 67433 Haardt, Germany
Phone (+49) 6321-2815
Fax (+49) 6321-2815
Astonishingly flamboyant wines from what has long been the finest estate in the Pfalz. Cellarmaster Hans-Günter Schwarz is generally regarded as the modern guru of the reductive winemaking renaissance in Germany. He crafts superbly concentrated and extracted wines from Riesling, Scheurebe, Weißburgunder and Rieslaner.
Best vineyards
Haardter Herrenletten
Haardter Bürgergarten
Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten
Mußbacher Eselshaut
J.L. Wolf
Weinstraße 1, 67157 Wachenheim, Germany
Phone (+49) 6322-98-9795
Fax (+49) 6322-98-9796
Ernst Loosen, owner of the world-class Dr. Loosen estate on the Mosel, has taken on another wine estate, this one in the Pfalz region. The estate is J.L. Wolf in the village of Wachenheim.
As with his intense and powerful Mosel wines, Ernst aims to preserve the traditional character of the region and the grape variety (mostly Riesling), but with a new level of concentration and opulence. Typically, wines from the Pfalz are weightier than Mosel wines, and have a style that’s rounder and more earthy. The wines are clean and focused with good body, full fruit flavors and a strong backbone.
Please see our review of this estate in the March/April issue of Riesling Report.
Best vineyards
Forster Jesuitengarten
Forster Pechstein
Forster Ungeheuer
Deidesheimer Leinhöhle
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