Weingut Sankt-Urbans-Hof

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Weingut Sankt-Urbans-Hof

Address:

Urbanusstraße 16, 54340 Leiwen

Region:

Mosel / Bernkastel

Phone / Fax:

+49 6507 93770 / +49 6507 937730

Website:

www.urbans-hof.com

Contact:

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Owner:

Nik Weis

Cellarmaster:

Rudolf Hoffmann

Vineyard area:

32.00 ha

Associations:

VDP

The Vineyard "St. Urbans-Hof Ökonomierat Nic. Weis is "in the community Leiwen (Bernkastel area) in the German wine-growing area Moselle . It was founded in 1947 by Nicholas Ökonomierat Weis (1905-1971) and for the Holy Urban (Urban I, Pope), named the patron saint of winegrowers. This started at the same time Nursery . The company was taken over in the 1960s by his son, Hermann Weis. This was the beginning of the 1970s in Canada and there planted Riesling vines on a named as St. Urban Vineyard large area. It later emerged the Vineland Estates Winery. The operation is now in its third generation of the family of Nik (Olaus) out Weis. This, among other things learned in the U.S. and around Vineland Estates winery, the craft came in 1997 after completing his studies at Geisenheim in the family business with his father and led by some quality-enhancing restructuring. In the basement is Rudolf Hoffmann, responsible for the vineyards Hermann Jostock. Vinify to the claim, the highest quality wines with a distinctive profile and Mosel character is clearly defined in a 10-point philosophy. For the complex process of developing the winery's own term "wine-Genesis" was created.

The vineyards cover 33 hectares of vineyards in the individual layers Bockstein (Ockfen), gold droplets (Piesport) Laurentiuslay (Leiwen), Blattberg (Mehring) Saarfeilser Marienberg (Schoden) and Schlangengraben (Wiltingen). They are exclusively planted with Riesling, which are cultivated in a traditional single pole with a planting density of Education 7000-10000 vines per hectare. It is practiced consistently environmentally friendly viticulture. These include, for example, fertilization with manure and other organic exclusively humus and total abandonment of Herbicides . High value is placed on intensive canopy management with the aim of good lighting supply for the grapes. The grapes from the "Grand Crus" Bockstein, gold droplets and Laurentiuslay be as large greenhouse , marketed those from the other layers as local wines. After a short rest for crimping the grapes for a while before starting the compression process to unlock the full flavors and minerals and contribute to the musts. The cooled fermentation takes place spontaneously in principle without the use of selected yeasts. The wines are then stored for several months due to the Lees mainly in the timber load of 1,000 liters, but also partly in stainless steel tanks. Then they are filled into the bottle with the typical dark Schlegel, black and gold St. Urbans-Hof label. The winery is a member of the VDP (Association of German VDP).

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