This original
family-owned
company, which was founded in 1860, expanded from a single estate with
various
vineyard holdings to a company carrying a wide selection of fine German
wines.
It is now managed by the fourth generation and is one of the largest
and most
modern wineries in Germany. The facilities are capable of bottling
40,000
bottles an hour, supported by an average capacity of 27 million liters.
Exports,
go to over 25 countries world wide. A profound dedication to quality
and value
will remain Ludwig Neuhaus' supreme objective.
German wines are
well known for
their acid freshness, and a lot of them have a relatively low alcohol
content.
The German appellation system is built according to areas on one hand,
and
ripeness level on the other hand, measured analytically in degree of
grape sugar
at the harvest time.
Wines are divided into Tafelwein
and Qualitatswein categories. The Qualitatswein includes two
subcategories:
Q.B.A and QmP.
The Liebfraumilch is a
special very famous Q.B.A. designation, which stems from an
ecclesiastic
vineyard in the cathedral city of Worms. The official definition is a
wine of
medium sweetness.
The vines of Liebfraumilch are
made of grapes from the areas of Rheinpfalz, Nahe or Rheingau. The
blend has to
be predominantly (70%) made of Riesling, Silvaner, MullerThurgau or
Kerner
grapes.
Q.m.P
(Qualitatswein mit
Pradikat) This category defines the finest wines of Germany with no
sugar added.
It means "Quality wine with special distinction", or
"attribute". These "attributes" are indicated by the six
following specific sub categories inside the QMP.
Kabinett:
a fine, usually
light wine made of normally ripe grapes, usually the lightest and
driest of the
QMP categories.
Spätlese
(literally late
harvest) a fine wine of superior quality made from grapes that have
been
harvested at least 7 days after the normal harvest.
Auslese
(selectively
harvested) elegant and usually sweeter. This is one step up from Spätlese.
Auslese is late harvested from selected bunches. In some
exceptional years, the grapes are affected by a noble mold called
"botrytis
cinerea". It evaporates the water in their juice, concentrating their
sugar
and flavor, making the wine richer.
Eiswein
is a wine made from frozen grapes. This concentrates the sugars and
flavors. Eiswein is usually a Beerenauslese (sometimes
Trockenbeerenauslese).
Beerenauslese
(Berry
selection) is a wine made of individually selected berries - and
even more careful selection with more concentrated sugars and flavors
than Auslese.
Trockenbeerebauslese
made
of dried up, individually picked grapes. The berries are dried,
resulting in an exceptionally concentrated, sweet, honey like wine.
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