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Wine Description
The Story
The Abtserde is a tiny sub-plot of the Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen, where a vein of iron runs through the limestone. In the fourteenth century, the Abtserde was owned by the Kloster Schönau, and was considered the greatest vineyard in the Hügelland. The wine was reserved exclusively for the private needs of the abbot, who was also the Bishop of Worms.
Klaus and Hedwig Keller, (Klus-Peter's parents) purchased this 2.5 hectare parcel of the A...
Wine Information
2009 – Low yields, exciting wines
Klaus-Peter Keller, Weingut Keller, Flörsheim-Dalsheim
After a cool and wet beginning of the year (with true winter temperatures) – April showed – quite in contrast to 2008 – its sunny side with temperatures up to 30° [86 Fahrenheit].
Hence budbreak was nearly three weeks earlier than the long-time average and from the very beginning we had to hurry up with the vineyard work.
Those who were expecting...