“This “little Hundertgulden” comes from young Riesling vines in our limestone-laced top vineyard. Dried apricots mingle with a fine salinity, extract and spice to exert lithe strength on the palate. It owes its distinctive character to the coral reef that once shaped the soils here during the Tertiary age. It is represented on the label by a common fossil from that period.
On the stretch between Mainz and Bingen, nestled roughly 5 km away from the banks of the Rhine River, lies the wine village of Appenheim. Some 20 million years ago the tendrils of the primordial sea reached this spot in northern Rheinhessen. The best vineyards bear witness to that history through their composition of shell limestone from the Tertiary Age and the wines of incredible minerality and expressiveness that they produce. Geological history is never far away here. Walks through the vineyard routinely reveal numerous fossils from that era.
Hofmann’s Rieslings reflect the unique geological and climatic advantages of this very special place, all beautiful encapsulations of the very soil his region is built upon.”
Weingut Hofmann
