Rheingau
Where the Rhine turns west
- Soil
- Slate, quartzite and loess on south-facing slopes where the Rhine briefly flows east-west.
- Style
- Fuller-bodied, often dry ('trocken') Riesling of power and structure; some fine Spätburgunder.
- Top sites
- Historic sites: Schloss Johannisberg, Marcobrunn, Berg Schlossberg (Rüdesheim).
- Vintages
- 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019
- Producers
- Schloss JohannisbergKünstler
Tip · The Rheingau is Riesling's aristocratic, dry-leaning home — and the birthplace of Spätlese, discovered at Schloss Johannisberg in 1775.
Value pick
Künstler Hochheimer Riesling Trocken · ~$28
A top Rheingau estate's village dry Riesling — structured, mineral and powerful, well below its single-vineyard wines.
Collector pick
Robert Weil 'Kiedrich Gräfenberg' Riesling GG · ~$80 · 2019
A Grand Cru dry Riesling from a Rheingau benchmark — powerful and long-lived.