Tasting Notes
Delivered to the Bavarian royal court in the 19th and early 20th centuries and sung about in poetry, the Neustadter Vogelsang had fallen into oblivion as a location due to speculation on building land. The great nature and the resulting protection prevented the construction plans. So the vineyard came into our hands in 2017. One of the most exciting projects for many years in the Palatinate and far beyond. After several years of cultivation, the 2020 vintage was ready: the renaissance of a large vineyard. Neustadter Vogelsang is on a label for the first time in 50 years. The soil consists of more than 200-million-year-old shell limestone, which came to the surface during the collapse of the Upper Rhine Graben and is unique in this form at the Mittelhaardt. The vineyard drops quite steeply to the south with a slope of up to 50%. Due to its location at the exit of the Neustadt valley, at an altitude of up to 260 m, there are large temperature differences between day and night, which provide a lot of tension in the wine.
The beautiful winery and home of the Christmann family can be found in the town of Gimmeldingen. This quaint little village is in the centre of the Mittelhaart of the Pfalz, about an hour from Frankfurt & half an hour from Strasbourg, in the Palantine, that lies on the Rhine River and connects Alsace in the north to Rheinhessen in the south.
The story of this brilliant and historic estate dates back to the 16th Century and the French Republic that once ruled the village of Gimmeldingen as well as the greater Palantine region.
In 1798 the area was transformed after the local nobility fled, and after the church were relieved of their sovereign rights. Georg Köhler, an ancient ancestor of the Christmann family, seized the opportunity to acquire some land and laid the original foundations of what would become the Christmann estate that we know and adore today.
Skip forward a few hundred years & a few generations to the present day, and the estate today is managed under the watchful eye of the superstar father-&-daughter duo that is Steffen & Sophie Christmann.
Today, the 18Ha of organic and biodynamically-run family vineyards remain located in the traditional Mittelhaardt of the Palantine, primarily located in the villages of Gimmeldingen, Königsbach and Neustadt. The Palantine soils are dominated by red sandstone, however in Gimmeldingen and Konigsbach, a slab of tertiary limestone is prevalent, thus making the area especially suited to cultivating high quality Riesling and Pinot Noir grapes.
| Product Type | Wine White Riesling |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Pfalz |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |