R Weil Riesling Tradition

”weingut robert weil founded in 1875 weingut robert weil is one of the rheingau’s younger wine estates but it rather quickly became renowned as one of the very finest producers in the region – and the world. It is located in kiedrich a village at the eastern end of the region that was first documented in the year 950. Today wilhelm weil the great-grandson of the estate’s founder carries on the uncompromising quality-oriented vineyard and cellar practices that have been the hallmark of this elite estate for four generations. The estate cultivates 90 hectares (222 acres) of vineyards which are 100 percent planted with riesling. Kiedrich turmberg and kiedrich grafenberg the estate’s top vineyards are among the finest sites in the rheingau. The rheingau region of germany the rheingau is in a special part of the rhine valley where the north-running river hits the taunus mountains and is forced to turn westward. This creates a steep south-facing slope in a protected valley al