Not all German Riesling is created equal...
Or so was the thinking of the late Fritz Hasselbach and his wife Agnes. The pair often lamented the short comings of German wine law (an already complicated beast) for allowing chaptalisation (the adding of sugar) while also failing to acknowledge the obvious hierarchy of vineyards, such as their own, that outshine other sites around the country . For this reason he chose to follow his own set of rules (even when it meant far lower production levels than some of his neighbours) to ensure the wines he made were the absolute purest expressions of their terroir on the slopes of the Rhine River in Rheinhessen.
Now following closely in his footsteps, his son Johannes has taken the reigns and is pushing Gunderloch wines even further onto the world stage. It's all about purity of fruit and minimal intervention and really allowing each individual site to express itself.