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Wine Description
The Story
Kiedrich Turmberg Riesling Trocken is Robert Weil’s most intensely mineral-driven riesling. The thin, slate topsoil combined with a windswept cool micro-climate render wines of uncommon finesse and complexity. Aromas of chalk, talc, and white flowers along with telltale peach/apricot/apple. Bone dry, long flavors of stone fruit, grapefruit zest and an impenetrable earthiness make for exciting drinking.
Pour it with grilled swordfish, roast...
Wine Information
Kiedrich Turmberg
The name Turmberg (literally, tower hill) derives from the surviving keep (central tower) of the fomer castle Burg Scharfenstein. The archbishops of Mainz had the fortress built on the steep crag (240m/ 780 ft in altitude) northeast of Kiedrich in 1160. With it, the Rheingau sovereigns hoped to secure the eastern flank of the Rheingau as well as the important trade route that ran from Eltville to Limburg and Cologne. Colog...
Vintage 2007
Germany Vintage Report 2007 / The phenomena of climate change and the resulting global warming also affected the year 2007. Once again, meteorological observations made it possible to establish record data: after a winter that was clearly too mild, the Spring weather in April and May was extremely warm. Additionally, although summer was often not very "summer", temperatures recorded during the growing season were the highest since record keepi...
