Keller, Riesling Trocken -RR-, Rheinhessen

Interesting facts

The wine Riesling Trocken-RR-, 2011 — a medium dry white wine is made from Riesling grapes. 2011, like the previous one, was another test for the family Keller, the lack of rain and cold nights have delayed the ripening of the grapes, a great storm and hail at the end of August almost left the estate without a crop. Winemakers had to learn humility, and only to pay tribute to the nature with any weather, and she relented. A fantastic Indian summer, which lasted 6 weeks, allowed the grapes to reach the necessary maturity. Riesling has been given special attention and patience, and the berries just won a complex fruity aroma with incomparable finesse, elegance and acidity. Keller admits that in 2011 there was some special magic, so beautiful were bunches of grapes, in spite of all the trials of nature. The harvest in 2011, conducted in mid-October, in two stages. After careful fruit selection has undergone a process of natural fermentation. Then the wine is aged in steel tanks.Riesling Trocken-RR-, 2011 — a beautiful wine with a delicate, clean, fruity and citrus notes in the bouquet. Sam Keller compared it with a magnificent dancer, fascinating for its elegance, ease, naturalness, and excellent balance. The rate of residual sugar — 16,3 g/l. the Wine should be consumed within the next 10 years, previously decanted.The history of the winery Keller begins in the late eighteenth century (1789), when Johann Leonard Keller, concerned about the events of the French revolution, he bought a house in the municipality Dalsheim, near the picturesque Church. His occupation smoothly into the agricultural plane, namely viticulture. Historical information suggests that these favorable land people have lived for over 7,000 years, and the tradition of cultivation of the vine, planted by the Romans, there are more than 1800 years. Most of today's wine house Keller created using centuries-old traditions of winemaking in this region. Currently, the Keller family owns 35 hectares of land, 95% of which are given over to Riesling as local soil with limestone content have to the cultivation of this variety, giving the berries a subtle acidity and minerality. Yields average 45 HL/ha. the Current owner of the winery Klaus Peter Keller says, "I love to drink wine, not to taste it." Keller manages to produce amazing world-class wines, but it has a huge range of wines for every day — with varying levels of sweetness and a long exposure. Wine Keller is suitable for any meal and any situation — whether it's an aperitif on a hot day, addition to grouse or personally collected mushrooms, or dinner with a signature seafood dish in the restaurant. You will find a huge selection of Rieslings — from bright saturated Morstein to the soft, white, fruity wines with Hubaker, from rich notes of juniper "Absterde" to the incomparable fullness of wine "G-Max". All wines are perfectly balanced. Klaus recognizes that it is the perfect wine that makes you burn with impatience to open the second Magnum. All the work on the production of wine — making decisions, when to harvest, the grapes, the choice of oak barrels for red wines, the implementation of the fermentation of white wines is focused on a single goal: the wines should really be a pleasure to drink. Keller prefers not to talk about the technical process of the winery. It offers simply enjoy the wines, and not think about the temperature at which they succumbed to fermentation. "When I walk along the vines, I feel the fragrance that will be filled with wine" — reveals one of its secrets winemaker. At Keller wine house there are no secrets, but still remains a great unsolved mystery magician wine Klaus Keller, able to reveal all the riches in the finest Riesling wines.

Tasting Characteristics

The wine has light-Golden color.
Attractive, sophisticated, but at the same time, thin and elegant aroma of the wine combines notes of peach, Apple, pear, hints of rose petals, violets, orange peel, light benzene and silicon notes. The bouquet will impress you with its mineral expression with light mint notes.
Excellent, vigorous, medium-bodied wine with a slight sweetness that combines the taste hints of Apple, pear, peach, apricot and honey, subtle acidity. The finish is long, well balanced, fruity.
The wine goes well with fruit and soft cheeses.