Weingut Josef Leitz   Rheingau / Rheinhessen, Germany  
 
 
 
  Universally regarded as one of the three rising stars of the new generation of Rheingauers (with Künstler and Weil). They are a small estate of 5.8 hectares. Extraordinarily aromatic, vigorous wines from a vintner who grows more commanding each vintage. Way above-the-pack 1999s. On another PLANET in 2001! They have the lusty vitality of wines that were never racked; he bottles them off the gross lees from the casks in which they fermented. “A lot of people talk about ‘yeast-contact’ but I think I’m the only one who actually does it.” They have a remarkable reconciliation of weight, solidity and buoyancy. They tend to run stony, as is the Rheingau type—when it’s true! And they are fastidiously specific in their site characteristics. The dry wines are better than most! Still, almost none of Johannes’ wines taste “sweet.” They have the coiled power of a tightly closed fist. They are intensely fragrant, as though they wished to convince you of something. They are like Wachau wines; they crave oxygen, and they do show their best ice cold. They are, to my way of thinking, the most exciting wines currently made in the Rheingau and they didn’t get there with bazillions of yen or with mega-technology or with a Kantian superstructure of philosophy: Just a man, his dog, and their wines.

•Vineyard area: 5.5 hectares
•Annual production: 3,400 cases
•Top sites: Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg, Roseneck and Rottland
•Soil types: Weathered slate
•Grape varieties: 91% Riesling, 9% Spätburgunder

For more information, please view the Terry Theise catalog on this website. 
 
  Website: http://www.leitz-wein.de
 
  Wines:      
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'Leitz Out' Riesling, Leitz 2008    
Dragonstone Riesling, Leitz 2008    
Eins Zwei Dry '3', Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spatlese, Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Trocken, Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Trocken 'Alte Reben', Leitz 2007    
Rudesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Trocken 'Alte Reben', Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling Spatlese, Leitz 2007    
Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling Trocken 'Alte Reben', Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Klosterlay Riesling Auslese, Leitz 2006   (500ML)
Rudesheimer Klosterlay Riesling Kabinett, Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese, Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese, Leitz 2009    
Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese, Leitz 2009   (375ML)
Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz Riesling Spatlese, Leitz 2009   (1500ML)
Rudesheimer Riesling Trocken, Leitz 2008    
Rudesheimer Rosengarten Riesling Kabinett, Leitz 2007    
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
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