Villa Wolf Riesling

Villa wolf varietal wines the villa wolf varietal line-up includes exceptionally affordable classic pfalz wines made from traditional varieties. These value-priced wines combine villa wolf estategrown fruit with grapes from contracted growers. The pfalz region the pfalz (aka ‘palatinate’) region is in the rhine river valley in southwest germany directly north of france’s alsace region. The low-lying haardt mountains protect the area from cold wet atlantic weather making it one of the warmer and drier areas of germany. Wine grapes do quite well here where it is possible to achieve full ripeness in every vintage. The predominant soil type in this area is well-drained weathered sandstone. It produces wines with a fruit-driven purity and a stony structure. The 2014 vintage a mild winter warm spring and erratic summer led to a somewhat early harvest but the late-ripening riesling was not picked until the first week of october just before the rain started. It is a very pretty