Eva Vollmer was our host and joined us for the lunch.
Weingut Eva Vollmer
Eva Vollmer was the 2010 Gault Millau Germany Wine Guide Discovery of the Year. She owns and operates - jointly with her husband Robert Wagner - a new Wine Estate in Rheinhessen in the suburbs of Mainz. After studies at the oenological school in Geisenheim and an internship in California at William Hill and Atlas Peak, she founded the winery in 2007. She took over the vineyards of her father, who did not produce wine, and sold all his grapes. Since then, she has not only produced outstanding wines, but also completed a Masters in Agriculture and a Ph.D. at the University of Giessen.
The very first vintage in 2007 was Eva Vollmer’s big bang on the national wine stage. Only just under 5.000 bottles were filled from the first vintage. Today, the annual output exceeds 30.000 bottles. The vineyard area totals 10 hectares. In the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland, she was promoted to 2/5 grapes in the 2014 edition.
Wine Estate Eva Vollmer is in the process of moving to organic wine growing.
For some wine projects she teams up with two winemaker colleagues, Christina Huff and Mirjam Schneider, both also from Rheinhessen. The three are nicknamed the 3 Wine Amazons and they currently produce some outstanding wines from the famous Pettenthal vineyard in the Niersteiner Red Slope where the three hold some parcels.
Eva is very artsy; among other events she organizes blind food/wine pairing events and vaudeville shows.
Tasting and Wine Lunch
Following the cellar tour, we went to the new tasting room for a tasting and wine pairing lunch with Eva Vollmer.
The Wines
During the tasting and the wine pairing lunch, Eva introduced us to her current portfolio.
2014 Weingut Eva Vollmer Weissburgunder. Trocken
2014 Weingut Eva Vollmer Scheurebe! Trocken
2014 Weingut Eva Vollmer Weissburgunder! Trocken
2014 Weingut Eva Vollmer Riesling! Trocken
2013 Weingut Eva Vollmer Herrnberg! Riesling Trocken
2012 Weingut Eva Vollmer Pettenthal! Riesling Trocken
2012 Weingut Eva Vollmer Silvaner! Trocken
2012 Weingut Eva Vollmer Weissburgunder! 24 Monate im Halbstück gereift Trocken
2012 Weingut Eva Vollmer Dornfedler! Im Barrique gereift Trocken
2014 Weingut Eva Vollmer Spätburgunder. weissgekeltert Feinherb
Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2016
"Tatsächlich ist Eva Vollmer auch beim Wein stärker denn je. Weißburgunder und Silvaner sind eine echte Bank, der Mittelbau hat es in sich – und die Lagenrieslinge haben Profil. Hier schmeckt uns selbst der Rosé vom Dornfelder mit dem originellen Namen »Dorn to be wild«. Starke 2014er!"
In Mainz-Ebersheim verschafft Eva Vollmer der Landeshauptstadt neues Profil. Mit reintönigen Weinen aus Lagen, deren Potenzial noch gar nicht ganz ausgeschöpft ist. Seit 2010 wird hier nach EU-Richtlinien ökologisch gewirtschaftet. Das neue Verkaufs- und Verkostungsgebäude ist fertiggestellt: Evas Kostbar. »Die neue Ära mit Ausblick hat begonnen«, so die Mainzer Wein- Amazone. »Gemeint ist der gigantische Blick auf den 8.000 Quadratmeter großen Genussgarten und die sanften rheinhessischen Hügel. In dieser besonderen Kulisse findet an jedem ersten Freitag in den Sommermonaten unser Weinpicknick statt. Weingenuss auf der Wiese, ganz relaxt und unkompliziert. So etwas gibt es nur in Südafrika oder Ebersheim. Und wenn man schon mal sein Umfeld neu erfindet, dann lohnt sich ein Rundumschlag: Ein neues Logo und neue Etiketten sorgen für Aufsehen.
Bye-bye
Thanks Eva for a wonderful tasting and wine pairing lunch.
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