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In some quarters, the Rheingau’s reputation is unjustly demeaned by persons who think of early efforts in the 1980s and early 1990s to make dry wines (that were brutal because they were too dry) and because of some large estates that were underproducing. In the former case, the wines are now very well-balanced; and in the latter case, to a large extent, those estates don’t exist any more and the vines have been taken over by some of the top Rheingau estates.
As I indicated in an earlier post, the Rheingau VDP chapter has adopted a rule allowing producers to show their GG in the year following harvest, but they can only sell them beginning September 1 of the second year following harvest. So the 2021s are just coming to market now. (Continue reading here.)