Schlossgut Diel   Nahe, Germany  
 
 
 
  The first thing to tell you is: the wines are stellar. That’s not a word I casually throw around. Schlossgut Diel belongs in the class of the elite. The wines will wow you. Armin occupies an unprecedented position in the wine world. He is proprietor of his estate on the Nahe, and he is perhaps the most influential wine writer in Germany. Imagine if Bob Parker owned one of the 1st-Growth Bordeaux: just like that. Needless to say neither Armin nor his colleagues writing for the same books or magazines review the wines of Schlossgut Diel, which is why the name doesn’t appear on the various lists of estate “classifications.” But of course there’s a meta-message: “The man is such an expert, imagine how good his own wines must be.” The ethics of the situation are quite sophisticated to American sensibilities, yet behind it all are the wines themselves. The rieslings hail most importantly from a trio of contiguous Grand Crus: Goldloch on thin loam and gravel over a rocky subsoil, Burgberg on quartzite, and Pittermännchen on Hunsrück slate. “The age of the vines are similar in the three sites, the microclimates are similar in the three sites, only a few meters separate them from one another, yet they are entirely different based on terroir,” say Armin and his cellar-master Christoph Friedrich.

Elite blue-chip estate on the lower Nahe, producing scintillating terroir-driven rieslings ranging from tingly slatey to baroque. Attentive viticulture and intelligent craftsmanship in the cellar make this one of Germany’s leading estates.

•Vineyard Area: 17 hectares
•Annual Production: 10,000 cases
•Top Sites: Dorsheimer Goldloch,
Pittermännchen and Burgberg
•Soil Types: loam and gravel over rocky
subsoil, quartzite and slate
•Grape Varieties: 65% Riesling,
20% Grauburgunder, 10% Spätburgunder,
5% Weissburgunder 
 
  Website: http://www.schlossgut-diel.com/uk/frame-index.htm
 
  Wines:      
  Note: * indicates limited item, please consult your sales rep for availability size formats other than 750ml may not contain wine information.      
 
Burgberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Burgberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Dorsheimer Pittermannchen Riesling Spatlese, Schlossgut Diel 2002    
Eierfels Riesling Trocken, Schlossgut Diel 2010    
Goldloch Riesling 'Tradition', Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Goldloch Riesling Auslese, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Goldloch Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Goldloch Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Goldloch Riesling Kabinett, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Goldloch Riesling Kabinett, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Goldloch Riesling Spatlese (Auction Wine), Schlossgut Diel 2003    
Goldloch Riesling Spatlese, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Goldloch Riesling Spatlese, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Pinot Noir 'Caroline', Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Pittermannchen Riesling Auslese, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Pittermannchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Riesling Kabinett, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Riesling Kabinett, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Riesling Trocken 'Nahestein', Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Riesling Trocken 'Nahestein', Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Rose de Diel, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Rose de Diel, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
Scheurebe Spatlese, Schlossgut Diel 2011    
Scheurebe Spatlese, Schlossgut Diel 2012    
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
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