Weingut Battenfeld Spanier is a German

wine grower A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to deter ...

and producer based in

Hohen-Sülzen Hohen-Sülzen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The ...

, in the

Wonnegau Wonnegau is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It takes its name from the larger historical area Wonnegau, which covers the southern part of Rhenish Hesse. The seat of the ...

district of the wine-growing region of Rheinhessen, Germany.Joel B. Payne (Editor): ''Gault&Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2014'', Christian, 2013, , p. 893. Weingut Battenfeld Spanier is a member of the

Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter e.V. or the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates, is an association of more than 200 wineries in Germany that promotes binding quality standards and – since 1990 – also ecological management o ...

(VDP) since 1998.Hans-Oliver Spanier,

History

The Battenfeld Spanier winery was founded by Hans-Oliver Spanier in 1991 in accordance with principles of organic farming and

biodynamic Biodynamics may refer to: * Biodynamic agriculture, a method of farming based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner ** The Biodynamic Association, a United States-based company that promotes the Biodynamic agriculture system ** Biodynamic wine, wine ...

methods since 2005. Soon he decided that his estate would be used to grow wine, when he tried a 1990 Silvaner dry from Heyl zu Herrnsheim.

Vineyards and wine

Hohen-Sülzen is located the southernmost corner of the

, a dry sunny region with calcareous

subsoils Subsoil is the layer of soil under the topsoil on the surface of the ground. Like topsoil, it is composed of a variable mixture of small particles such as sand, silt and clay, but with a much lower percentage of organic matter and humus, and it ...

. Battenfeld Spanier works with 40 hectares vineyards, including vines in Frauenberg ( Flörsheim-Dalsheim), Kirchenstück (Hohen-Sülzen), Zellerweg am Schwarzen Herrgott (

Mölsheim Mölsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish H ...

) and Kreuzberg (

Zellertal Zellertal is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The villages of , Harxheim and Niefernheim form Zellertal. Zellertal is in Zellertal region, which in turn is part of the Palatinate wine region an ...

). These are selected sites, capable to produce " Grosses Gewächs", top-level dry wines. Chief enologist is the

Geisenheimer The Vereinigung Ehemaliger Geisenheimer (''VEG''), since 2002 also known as Geisenheim Alumni Association, is one of the oldest and largest alumni networks in Germany. It was founded in 1894 at the former ''Royal Prussian Academy for orchards and ...

Hans-Oliver Spanier. The leading grape variety is Riesling, with 75 %, followed by

pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...

15 %.

History

Vineyards and wine

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