Rheinhessen

**Rheinhessen** sits in a gentle, rolling stretch of land within a bend of the Rhine in western Germany, and is the country's largest wine region by area. **Wines & grapes** — Riesling is the flagship and produces the most distinguished wines, though Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, and a growing amount of red Dornfelder and Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) are also important. Both dry and off-dry styles are common. **Character** — Once known mainly for large volumes of soft, simple wine, Rheinhessen has been reinvented by a wave of quality-focused growers, especially along the steep slopes of the Rheinterrasse near Nierstein and Nackenheim. There the reddish slate and sandstone soils give Rieslings real depth and mineral drive. **Good to know** — Its younger generation of winemakers has made it one of Germany's most dynamic regions.

Wines

• Bacchus Kabinett — Ernst Bretz
• Bechtheim Riesling — Weingut Dreissigacker
• Bechtolsheimer Petersberg Kerner Spätlese — Ernst Bretz
• Bereich Nierstein Auslese — Jakob Gerhardt
• Brunnehäuschen Riesling GG — Wittmann
• Chardonnay — Weingut Dreissigacker
• Chardonnay Bechtheimer — Weingut Dreissigacker
• Chardonnay Holzfass — Knewitz
• Chardonnay Muschelkalk — J Neus
• Chardonnay Weisser Burgunder — Peth-Wetz
• Claire Red Rosé — Peth-Wetz
• Comtesschen Riesling Trocken Sekt — Baum
• Cuvée Marie-Luise Brut — Raumland
• Dexheimer Doktor Silvaner — Bacchus Weinhaus Graf Eltz
• Dornfelder Rheinhessen Qualitätswein — Peter Mertes KG Weinkeller
• Eiswein Silvaner — S. Nollen Erben
• Essenheimer Domherr Bacchus Kabinett — Jakob Gerhardt
• Faberrebe Kabinett — Jakob Gerhardt
• Fresh Rosé — Black Tower
• Gewürztraminer — Schneider Faber