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Wagner-Stempel
www.wagner-stempel.de

Daniel Wagner with family: wife Cathrin, Children Paul and Antonia, Sister Eva and Mother Lore
Country of Origin: Germany
Location: Siefersheim
People: Daniel Wagner, Owner & Winemaker | Oliver Müller, Estate Manager
Supplier: http://www.rudiwiest.com


Daniel Wagner, owner and winemaker, is making weighty, sensational ‘Nahe-ike’ wines which are already among the best in the Rheinhessen. We believe he will be one of the next superstars in this region.

The Estate is 12.5 hectares, in the western most district of the Rheinhessen, near Bernhard. Soils vary, but there is a significant vein of porphyry, similar to the great soils of the Nahe (which is just over the hill from this estate). Some think the worlds greatest Rieslings grow on volcanic soil in general and porphyry in particular.

The land here is steeper in this region and 95% of the Wagner-Stempel estate is picked by hand, managed by Oliver Muller, Estate Manager. Musts are clarified by gravity. The estate quality wines are made in stainless steel and many of his top wines see old oak. Cultured yeasts are used for the estate wines and spontaneous fermentation with wild yeast is the choice for the higher level wines. Most wines sit on lees until February.

In the Gault Millau / German Wine Guide the estate was voted newcomer of the year in 2009.

Media Links
Deutsches Weininstitut: Heerkretz - Top Vineyard in "Rheinhessen's Switzerland"
Items
Wagner-Stempel 2011 Riesling Trocken (Dry) Net Price Reviews —
Reviews
Wagner-Stempel 2011 Riesling Trocken (Dry)
Rating: 89

Fresh apple and lime garlanded with narcissus, apple blossom and basil characterize the aromatic and palate performance of Wagner-Stempel’s 2011 Riesling trocken, whose combination of caressingly silken texture with bright, infectiously juicy citricity displays the family resemblance to its Scheurebe counterpart. At 12.5% alcohol, this manages to convey a sense of buoyancy through its delightful, apple pip- and herb-tinged finish. Look for it to prove deliciously versatile over the next 2-3 years. There is now, incidentally, just a single large bottling of generic Riesling at this address and it is 100% estate-bottled.

- The Wine Advocate (2/1/2013)