Three half bottles of Nackenheimer Rothenberg Riesling Auslese
Produced by Gunderloch
1999 vintage
Gold capsule
Nackenheim, Rheinhessen/Germany
Original filling quantity: 0.375 l
Fill level: < 2 cm
Wine Spectator (2001): 95/100

This lot comprises three half bottles of 1999 vintage Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel from the Nackenheimer Rothenberg vineyard of the Gunderloch winery in the German wine region of Rheinhessen. The gold capsule (“Goldkapsel”) signifies an Auslese – a late harvest wine – from grape material which (according to law) could have become a Beerenauslese, one category above the Auslese.

Rheinhessen, also known as Rhine-Hesse in English, is not only one of the largest German winegrowing regions in terms of surface area, it’s also the most dynamic winegrowing region in Germany. Rheinhessen can be divided into two parts with different winegrowing traditions. First of all, there is the Rheinterasse with its famous vineyards that lie directly on the River Rhine, such as Oppenheim, Nierstein and Nackenheim. For centuries, these places have been associated with powerful, dry and sweet Riesling growths. On the red hillside, mineral Rieslings thrive on the reddish clay slate floor, known as Rotliegend. It is the epitome of what the Rhine previously termed a “classic of the wine world”. However, when we speak of Rheinhessen, we usually mean the hilly backcountry: a large, flat expanse of vineyards including Wonnegau and Bingen, in which, alongside agriculture, winegrowing has been a great tradition since late antiquity. For a good decade, a young generation of vintners have set about transforming the agricultural establishments into innovative wine estates. Their intuition and ambition, openness and passion is producing some of the best dry Rieslings and white Burgundies in all of Germany.

1999 was a very good vintage in Germany, especially for sweet Riesling like these Auslese wines, which will still be a great pleasure to drink ten years from now!

The 1999 vintage Gunderloch Rothenberg Auslese Goldkapsel was rated 95 points in a 2001 issue of Wine Spectator.

The fill levels are excellent (< 2 cm). The labels and capsules are in perfect condition.

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