Bernkasteler Doctor

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Coordinates: 49 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 4 ′ 42 ″  E

"Bernkasteler Doctor" vineyard with old town
View from the Bernkasteler Doctor to Bernkastel-Kues and the Moselle
Telegram of November 7, 1900, in which Karl Wegeler informs his brother Julius Wegeler of the successful purchase of the Bernkasteler Doctor

The Bernkasteler Doctor is a German single location within the large Badstube location , directly above the historic center of Bernkastel-Kues on the Middle Moselle . It is considered to be one of the famous and once most expensive vineyards in the world. Some of the Riesling wines produced there are counted among the best white wines by wine critics and experts in the wine market .

Viticulture

In the 3.25  hectares large steep slope is exclusively Riesling cultivated. The exposure is south-southwest. The soil of weathered clay slate has a stony- loamy character. It produces wines that are often finely structured and at the same time can develop a strong, spicy taste. As a rule, premium wines are produced . Because of the incline and the resulting manual labor, the cultivation is costly and very laborious (→ steep-slope viticulture ).

The Bernkasteler Doctor is cultivated viticultural by the wineries Privy Councilor J. Wegeler (1.1 ha), Wwe. H. Thanisch - Heirs Thanisch , Weingut Wwe. H. Thanisch - heirs of Müller-Burggraef , Patrick Lauerburg and Imperial Count of Kesselstatt . A plot of 0.26 hectares is owned by the Heilig-Geist-Stiftung , which has been leased to the Schloss Lieser and Markus Molitor wineries for nine years from 2016. The rent for this averages € 7.75 per m² per year. The Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt winery had leased 0.06 hectares from Wegeler until the end of 2014.

history

The origin of the name is not clear. The fact that the wine of the Doctorberg is said to have healed the Trier Elector Boemund II of a serious illness during a stay at Landshut Castle is part of the legend. It was first mentioned in a document in 1677, when the clergyman Heinrich Linden inherited it. However, there is evidence that King Edward VII of Great Britain drank it as "medicine". In 1900 Privy Councilor Julius Wegeler , co-owner of the Deinhard sparkling wine cellar , acquired a 43.22  ares plot on Doctorberg for 100  gold marks per vine, including the wines in the cellar. Since then, the steep slope has had the reputation of being Germany's most expensive vineyard, as this purchase price has never been reached again for a German vineyard (as of 2012).

The Doctor wines were also valued by Kaiser Wilhelm II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Konrad Adenauer and King Eduard VII. It is documented that the Adenauer delegation carried bottles of the 1950s Bernkasteler Doctor Spätlese with them on their trip to Moscow in September 1955 , which were handed over at the German lunch in the dacha during the decisive diplomatic talks on September 11th and were also given as gifts to Bulganin, Khrushchev and Molotov.

literature

  • Helmut Prößler: Bernkasteler Doctor. The "electoral" vineyard. Deinhard & Co., Koblenz 1990

Web links

Commons : Bernkasteler Doctor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Braatz, Ulrich Sauter, Ingo Swoboda, Hendrik Holler: Weinatlas Germany . Hallwag, Munich 2007, p. 55.
  2. ↑ Horst Dippel : The wine dictionary. 4th edition, Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 32.
  3. ↑ Hugh Johnson , Stephen Brook: The Great Johnson. Encyclopedia of Wines, Vineyards and Winemakers. 17th edition. completely revised by Stephen Brook, Hallwag, Munich 2004, p. 256
  4. ↑ Michael Broadbent : Great wines. Notes from 50 years on wines from three centuries. Hallwag Verlag, Munich 2004, p. 413 ff.
  5. ↑ volksfreund.de: Two new tenants in the legendary Bernkasteler vineyard "Bernkasteler Doctor" - volksfreund.de. In: www.volksfreund.de. Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Website of the Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt winery ( memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kesselstatt.cms.rdts.de
  7. ↑ Helmut Prößler: Bernkasteler Doctor. The "electoral" vineyard. Deinhard & Co., Koblenz 1990, p. 21
  8. ↑ Bernkasteler Doctorweinberg: Famous giant made of slate Trierischer Volksfreund, January 13, 2010.
  9. ↑ Werner Kilian: Adenauer's trip to Moscow. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2005, p. 153.