Weingut Robert Weil Riesling Kiedricher Tradition
Country
Germany
bottle size
750 ml
Wine Type
White Wine
Wine Region
Rheingau
Grape Variety
Riesling
vintage
Current vintage
Alcohol
12%
characteristics
Body
Light
Light
Light
Acidity
High
High
High
Tannin
Low
Low
Low
Current vintage
Product Description
Alluring and delicate residual sweetness paired with tantalizing fruit aromas; a perfect pirouette of charming
sweetness and crisp acidity. Enjoy this wine on its own, or as a complement to hot and spicy cuisines.
wine score
90 points Wine Advocate
Bottled with 18 grams per liter of residual sugar, the 2021 Rheingau Riesling Tradition is the off-dry version of the dry estate Riesling. It opens with clear and aromatic redcurrant fruit, and it's light and fresh on the palate. This is a light, round, fresh and piquant, mouth-filling and palatable Riesling with stimulating salinity and phenolic grip.
92 points James Suckling
Effusive white peach fruit with lemon blossom and fresh garden herb aromas. A beautifully crafted, barely off-dry riesling with so much juicy fruit and a refreshing acidity that pulls you inexorably back for more of this vibrant elixir. Drink or hold.
Profile
Grape Blended
Riesling
Palate
A beautifully crafted, barely off-dry riesling with so much juicy fruit and a refreshing acidity that pulls you inexorably back for more of this vibrant elixir.
Aroma
Effusive white peach fruit with lemon blossom and fresh garden herb aromas.
Palate
A beautifully crafted, barely off-dry riesling with so much juicy fruit and a refreshing acidity that pulls you inexorably back for more of this vibrant elixir.
Wine Pairing
:Fish
:Seafood
:Spicy Food
:Vegetarian
Product details
RHEINGAU VDP.GUTSWEIN RIESLING TRADITION
Weingut Robert Weil, founded 1875, is run today by Wilhelm Weil, the fourth generation of the founding family.
The founder of the estate, Dr. Robert Weil, purchased his first vineyards on the Kiedricher Berg in 1867, at a time when he was still a German professor at the Sorbonne in Paris. With the approach of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, he was forced to leave France. He settled in Wiesbaden, where he worked as a journalist, and Kiedrich, where he expanded his vineyard holdings by acquiring the best sites on the Kiedricher Berg. Thanks to his unwavering commitment to quality-oriented viticulture, his foresight, and his willingness to invest in the estate, it developed quickly and its wines were soon celebrated in international circles. Spätlese and Auslese wines from Weingut Robert Weil graced the table of many European imperial and royal houses as the white counterparts of the Bordeaux reds.
Today, the estate’s 90 ha (222 acres) of vineyards are planted 100% with Riesling. Throughout its history the estate has always focused on the Riesling grape and adhered to strict, quality-oriented practices in the vineyard – such as stringent pruning to control yields and selective harvesting by hand – and in the cellar, where the wines are vinified as gently as possible. This unwavering and uncompromising quality management is central to Weingut Robert Weil’s unbroken streak of producing wines at every Prädikat classification, up to and including Trockenbeerenauslese, for every vintage since 1989. The estate’s dedication to Riesling since 1875 has led numerous observers of the international wine world to regard Weingut Robert Weil, with its “château character”, as a worldwide symbol of German Riesling culture.
