The oldest Riesling estate in the world

The Silberlack is known as the "VDP.Grosses Gewächs®" at Schloss Johannisberg. This "Schloss Johannisberg" variety lies in the monopole wine domain of Schloss Johannisberg, being the only winery to produce in the area. The famed 50th parallel runs directly through this ideal location, which lies above the Rhine valley.

At Dreissigacker, it is the characteristics and particularities of soils, sides and plants that are transported to the wines with great patience and care, creating their very own collection year after year.

The tradition of producing red wines at Eberbach Monastery reaches back to the founding years of the former Cistercian monastery. The monks probably brought the discerning Pinot Noir grape vines with them from their home in Burgundy in the 12th century and cultivated them in the Rheingau. Sources going back to the 13th century prove that red wine cultivation existed at Eberbach Monastery even then.

The Assmannshäsuer Höllenberg is considered the most famous site for German red wine.

Weingut Robert Weil was founded in 1875, and today this family business is run by its fourth generation – Wilhelm Weil. The estate's hillside location, covering 222 acres in Kiedrich Klosterberg, Kiedrich Turmberg and Kiedrich Gräfenberg, are all planted entirely with Riesling grapes. Throughout its history the estate has always focused on Riesling and adhered to strict quality-oriented practices in the vineyard and the cellar, where the wines are vinified as gently as possible. Consistent quality management guarantees the production of highly esteemed wines.

In this wine we invest all our passion, our experience and long tradition to ensure that our grapes are turned in this truly distinctive Riesling for you. 100% hand-picking from the best plots of our monopoly vineyard site Schloss Vollrads.

Up to 15 different "Erste Gewächs" premium vineyards supply the grapes for the Geheimrat "J" vintage cuvée. Following the concept of Bordeaux‘s first wines, Geheimrat "J" was first introduced in 1983. The internal quality standards still exceed those of the Rheingau "Erste Gewächse". Geheimrat "J" is produced only in good to excellent years. Poor vintages are skipped, as happened for example in 1984, 1987 and 1991. The final wine will be introduced 15 months after the harvest at the earliest.

The 76-acre Steinberg Vineyard has been in the sole possession of the estate since the year 1239, and its founding by the Cistercian monks of the Eberbach Monastery dates back to the year 1170. In the 18th century the monks constructed a wall around their favourite vineyard in order to protect it from grape thieves and wild animals – a wall that reaches up to four metres high and is almost two miles long.

BLUE NUN Eiswein is the ultimate natural German ice wine in terms of quality and refinement. This Eiswein shows sweet, rich peach fruit with a fine apple palate and some lemon notes. A fine sweetness on the finish rewards with intense grapey fruit. It’s the perfect wine for festive occasions, when it can be enjoyed with desserts or as a deliciously smooth after-dinner drink.

It has a very lively mouth feel with crisp, ripe fruit, wet stone, bright acidity and an dry finish. Very showy in the glass. It provides a very pleasant fruit and crisp acidity. Nuances of peach and apricot; apples and pears are very elegantly woven in with the residual sugar and also a slight hint of lychee is detectable at the end.

Brought to you by the ever emerging and evolving winemaker Johannes Leitz, this dry Pinot Noir Rosé carries a lot of the same qualities as the dry Rieslings, but brought to a new level. Fresh cranberry, white flowers and textural summer red fruits all over the nose and palate here. With a perfectly matched crisp and fresh acidity, subdued but present minerality and lasting finish this wine could just change the way you look at other dry rosés.

Kloster Eberbach stands for over 850 years of winemaking tradition. Already the monks set on innovation and constant development. This heritage still preserves the monastery today. The Rosé is part of the modern estate line of Kloster Eberbach and stands for uncomplicated drinking pleasure.