2021 Dönnhoff "Niederhäuser Klamm" Riesling Kabinett, Nahe, GermanyABOUT THIS WINE Although the Nahe is a dry region, Dnnhoff does not water their vineyards as to encourage deep rooted vines. The soil is covered with organic material like straw and compost to preserve water and to avoid evaporation and erosion in heavy rains. The vines are all grown on wireframes, low to the ground to benefit from the warmth of the stoney topsoil, and at a density of approx. 6000 vines per hectare. The Riesling vines are old clones

These principles encourage the expression of the soil and environment from Zusslin’s three terroirs

and has been under the stewardship of Mathieu Vallée since 2007

The grapes are harvested at night

An optimal climate leads to wines of elegance while preserving the unique flavors of the grapes

while winters are very cold and partly cloudy

and only 1

in the cellar the grapes are destemmed and pressed

It is unfined

natural sensitivity

where it stayed until March 2019

as they say

Martha earned a degree in Oenology and Viticulture from the University of Geisenheim in Germany (the only American in her graduating class)