Following the visit of Weingut Joachim Flick in Hochheim/ Wicker
Vineyard Tour, Cellar Visit and Tasting at Weingut Joachim Flick in Hochheim, Rheingau - Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling
(and before the visit of Weingut Wegeler in Oestrich-Winkel) we had lunch Weingut Schloss Johannisberg. The weather was great and the view from the restaurant of the Rhine Valley, including Rüdesheim and Bingen, was breathtaking.
We only had lunch there but had met the Director of Weingut Schloss Johannisberg, Stefan Doctor, the day before at the Weinbörse in Mainz.
See: Attending the 2019 VDP.Weinbörse - Vintage 2018 - in Mainz - Germany-North Tour 2019 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential Riesling
Weingut Schloss Johannisberg
Weingut Schloss Johannisberg is an iconic estate, one of the most prestigious estates in the world. It was here that the “Spätlese” was accidently discovered.
Wine making in the vineyards of Schloss Johannisberg started long before the castle itself was built, during the reign of Charlemagne. The hill became known as Johannisberg (John's mountain) in the 1100s, when a Romanesque basilica in honor of John the Baptist was built on the hill.
The Chateau that we see today was built in the 1700s by the Prince-Abbot of Fulda who was the owner of the estate for many centuries. In 1720 he planted Riesling vines, making it the oldest Riesling vineyard in the world.
Schloss Johannisberg changed hands several times during the Napoleonic wars and subsequent secularization. In 1816, Austrian Emperor Francis II, gave the estate to his Foreign Minister, Prince von Metternich, as a thank you for his successful negotiations in the reorganization of Europe during the “Congress of Vienna”. The last resident of the Metternich family at Schloss Johannisberg, Tatjana Princess von Metternich was a patron of the arts in the Rheingau and beyond and revived the castle to its former glory after the destructions during World War II. After her death in 2006, the Oetker family (yes, that's the one that produces baking helpers and puddings) bought the estate.
The vineyard surrounding Schloss Johannisberg is a single vineyard designation (Einzellage) in its own right. Like the Steinberg, it is one of a handful historic German vineyards which do not have to display a village name on the label. Thus, the vineyard designation on the label is Schloß Johannisberger. There are currently about 35 hectares of vineyard.
Long before printed labels were common practice, Schloss Johannisberg had its own system of distinguishing among its bottlings through the use of colored seals. Introduced by Fürst von Metternich in 1820 and in use to this day, the quality of a wine can be identified according to color.
Gelblack (yellow seal): Trocken (dry)
Rotlack (red seal): Kabinett (off-dry)
Grünlack (green seal): Spätlese (fruity-sweet)
Silberlack (silver seal): Großes Gewächs (ultra-premium dry)
Rosalack (pink seal): Auslese (fruity-sweet)
Rosa-Goldlack (pink-gold seal): Beerenauslese (noble-sweet)
Goldlack (gold seal): Trockenbeerenauslese (noble-sweet)
Blaulack (blue seal): Eiswein (moble-sweet)
Lunch at Weingut Schloss Johannisberg Gutsausschank
We had a light lunch (soup, salad and dessert), with 2 wines.
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