Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by ombiasy WineTours took place from August 28 – Friday, September 06, 2024. We spent 10 days visiting top wine estates in five wine regions, tasting fabulous Rieslings and Pinot Noir (aka Spätburgunder), meeting world-renowned wine makers, travelling through the world’smost beautiful wine regions, cruising on the romantic Rhein river, looking at dizzying steep vineyards along the Rhein and Mosel rivers, and delving deep into German history and culture: Rheinhessen • Rheingau • Mittelrhein • Mosel • Nahe
Our visit of Kloster Eberbach had several components.
(1) We started with lunch at the Kloster Eberbach tavern.
(2) We then toured the abbey with a guide.
(3) We drove a mile to the new winemaking facility of Kloster Eberbach, the Steinbergkeller, and met Katharina Puff, the head-winemaker of Weingut Kloster Eberbach. We visited the famous Steinberg vineyard with her, followed by a tour of the Steinbergkeller, the new winery.
(4) The visit of the Eberbach Abbey and Weingut Kloster Eberbach ended with an extensive tasting, led by Kathrin Puff.
I have already reported about items (1) and (2) here: Iconic Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau (one of the Largest Wineries in Germany): Lunch at the Abbey Tavern and Guided Tour of the Eberbach Abbey - Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by ombiasy WineTours
This posting covers the other two items.
Weingut Kloster Eberbach (VDP) in Eltville, Rheingau
The iconic Weingut Kloster Eberbach is closely linked to the history of the Abbey of Cîteaux and the abbey’s vineyards, the ‘Clos de Vougeot’ and the winemaking facility, the Château de Clos de Vougeot in Burgundy. Bernard of Clairvaux, a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order (Cluny) which eventually led to the founding of a new order, the Cistercians, was abbot at the Abbey of Cîteaux. The Cistercian monks were the first “Colonialists” by establishing monasteries all around Europe. The
monasteries sustained their living through farming and winemaking.
Eberbach Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1136 by Bernard of Clairvaux as the first Cistercian monastery on the eastern bank of the Rhein river. By establishing the abbey he also founded the winery. In medieval times Eberbach Abbey was the largest winery in all of Europe with 750 acres of vineyards.
Today Eberbach Abbey is one of the five State-owned wineries (the State of Hesse is its proprietor) and with 500 acres the largest winery in Germany. The estate’s holdings in highly esteemed vineyards in the Hessische Bergstrasse and the Rheingau wine region are unparalleled.
We visited the state of the art recently constructed new technical facilities of the winery built under the famous Clos Steinberg vineyard just down the road from the abbey. Contrary to the Abbey of Cîteaux, the Château de Clos de Vougeot, and the Clos de Vougeot vineyards which are divided by roughly 80 owners, the Eberbach Abbey estate – the monastery buildings, vineyards, and winemaking facilities are still today an entity and Weingut Kloster Eberbach is still today a world-class winery.
Kathrin Puff (Head Winemaker and Deputy Managing Director)
Weingut Kloster Eberbach: Seit dem Jahrgang 2018 führt Sie bei uns das gesamte Weinkellerteam und
vinifiziert Weine mit ihrer ganz persönlichen Handschrift. Nach der
Philosophie: „Meine Weine sollen herkunftstypisch sein und die
Geschichte des Jahrgangs, Weinbergs und unsere Qualitätsansprüche
wiederspiegeln.“ Diplomiert von der Hochschule Geisenheim und
Universität Udin in Italien, hat Sie nach dem Studium zehn Jahre lang
führend als Winemaker in Übersee und Italien gearbeitet. Nach den langen
Jahren im Ausland zog die junge Familie wieder in die Heimat.
Inzwischen als zweifache Mutter weiß sie Beruf und Familie erfolgreich
zu verbinden.
Historic Wine Cellar at the Abbey
Visiting the Steinberg Vineyard
Tour of the Modern Winemaking Facilities
Tasting
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