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A small Spätburgunder enclave within a sea of<br />

Riesling: the Assmannshäuser Höllenberg site<br />

GRANDS CRUS – RHEINGAU<br />

TOP WINES FROM PRIVILEGED SITES OF THE REGION<br />

LORCH | KRONE<br />

First documented in 1339, this 8ha/19.7<br />

acre southwest-facing site rises between<br />

80-115m/262-380ft with inclines between<br />

45-50%. The medium to deep, slightly<br />

calcareous loess soils which also show some<br />

slate and quartzite are predominantly<br />

planted to Riesling.<br />

92 2019 Riesling »Grosses Gewächs« tr.<br />

Weingut Mohr,<br />

further info on page 476<br />

ASSMANNSHAUSEN |<br />

HÖLLENBERG<br />

Derived from the old German term “Helda“<br />

which denotes a steep slope, the Höllenberg<br />

has been planted to vines since 1470. This<br />

red wine site, rising at inclines between 30-<br />

60% from 80-300m/262-984ft faces<br />

south-southwest and has medium to deep<br />

soils of foliated layers of weathered mica<br />

schist with a portion of loess.<br />

97 2015 Spätburgunder GG<br />

96 2016 Spätburgunder GG<br />

Weingut August Kesseler, further info on page 467<br />

95 2018 Spätburgunder GG<br />

Weingut Künstler, further info on page 472<br />

95 2009 Spätburgunder<br />

»im Barrique gereift« trocken<br />

94 2013 Pinot Noir trocken<br />

94 2012 Pinot Noir trocken<br />

Bischöfliches Weingut Rüdesheim, page 451<br />

94 2018 Pinot Noir trocken<br />

Weingut Chat Sauvage , further info on page 454<br />

93 2015 Spätburgunder trocken<br />

Weingut Krone Assmannshausen, page 470<br />

93 2017 »Crescentia« Spätburgunder<br />

Hessische Staatsweingüter,<br />

Domäne Assmannshausen<br />

93 2015 Spätburgunder trocken<br />

93 2013 Spätburgunder trocken<br />

92 2016 Spätburgunder trocken<br />

92 2018 Spätburgunder S trocken<br />

Alte Bauernschänke – Konrad Berg,<br />

further info on page 450<br />

92 2018 Spätburgunder GG<br />

Weingut Fritz Allendorf, further info on page 446<br />

442 falstaff Wine Guide Germany 2021

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