Winkel

Wine from Winkel comes out of Rheingau, Germany, where it sits as a sub-region.

The vineyards are given over to Riesling.

Vines root into loam and loess.

The climate is continental.

The vineyards themselves read as steep sites.

Red wine, dry white wine and sweet white wine, plus three more is what the region is known for, and in the glass it shows apricot and peach.

Quality is codified by the Grosse Lage, which is worth reading off the label.

Producers worth knowing include Schloss Vollrads, Weingut Fritz Allendorf, Weingut Prinz von Hessen and Weingut Wegeler.

Pour them alongside seafood, chicken, spicy dishes and asian cuisine.

Serve at 10 to 12°C.

Keeps for 5 to 20 years.

In the glass.

Sweet white: Apricot, Peach.

Grapes planted here.

Classifications.

• Grosse Lage

Producers worth knowing.

Bottles to look for.

• Angulus Winkeler Hasensprung Riesling, Rheingau, Germany
• Corvers Kauter Winkeler Hasensprung Riesling Auslese, Rheingau, Germany
• Graf von Schonborn-Schloss Schonborn Winkler Hasensprung Riesling Spatlese Trocken, Rheingau, Germany
• Landgraflich Hessisches Weingut Winkeler Hasensprung Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese, Rheingau, Germany
• Schloss Vollrads Greifenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Rheingau, Germany
• Schloss Vollrads Greiffenberg Riesling, Winkel, Germany
• Schloss Vollrads Winkel Riesling Kabinett Feinherb, Rheingau, Germany
• Schloss Vollrads Winkel Riesling Trocken, Rheingau, Germany

At the table.

• seafood
• chicken
• spicy dishes
• Asian cuisine

Serving and cellaring.

• Serve at 10 to 12°C.
• Keeps for 5 to 20 years.

Nearby regions.

Winkel: common questions

More from here: every wine region in Germany, or the wider Rheingau guide.