Claus Schneider winery

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The Claus Schneider winery in Weil am Rhein is located in the southern Markgräflerland in the German wine-growing region of Baden . The Burgundy varieties and the local Gutedel are grown on the twelve hectares of the winery .

history

The Schneider family has been based in Weil am Rhein , on the border with Basel (CH) and France ( Alsace ), and has been closely associated with viticulture since 1425 . Already before 1881 the wines were self- marketed and, as was common at the time, delivered in wooden barrels. The purchase of the manor house in 1892 at Hauptstrasse 94 in Alt-Weil laid the foundation for today's winery. The business has been run since 1982 by Claus Schneider, to whom it owes its current name, and Susanne Hagin – Schneider (who comes from the former Friedrich Hagin winery in Haltingen ). Right from the start, the winery was careful to only produce fully fermented wines, which was unusual for the time. The sons Johannes and Christoph Schneider have been involved since 2015 and continue the traditional estate.

Alt-Weil, located below the Tüllinger mountain, was mentioned as a Gut von St. Gallen as early as 786 . Located directly on the border with Switzerland, the Baden Wine Route begins in Weil am Rhein , where the nobility, monasteries, monasteries and the city of Basel owned vineyards on the southern slope of the Tüllinger Berg (hamlet Schlipf ) as early as the 11th century .

Growing area / locations

The winery cultivates 12 hectares on the Tüllinger Berg, which is supplied with warm winds via the Burgundian Gate between Vosges and Jura , which enables the flow of Mediterranean air and thus offers favorable climatic conditions for the production of large Burgundy wines. The Schneider winery manages some of the following individual vineyards on Tüllinger Berg:

Hamlet Schlipf

Weiler Schlipf's 26 hectare single site was classified as the best site in southern Markgräflerland as early as 1825. The vineyards face south and have deep loamy soils with a high proportion of lime . The Schlipf is a cross-border vineyard and is called Riehener Schlipf on the Swiss side .

Ötlinger Sonnhole

The vineyard area of ​​the Ötlinger Sonnhole is 15 hectares and is a south-facing slope where Basel monasteries were already involved in viticulture in earlier centuries.

Haltinger stairs

The Haltinger Stiege vineyard has an area of ​​32 hectares.

Variety mirror

  • Pinot Noir 40%, mainly in the hamlet of Schlipf
  • White Burgundy 20%
  • Burgundy gray 15%
  • Chardonnay 8%
  • Gutedel 17%

Oenological philosophy

The Claus Schneider winery only produces dry and long-lasting wines from the Burgundy varieties and Gutedel. The red wine is made through traditional must fermentation. The wines remain on the fine lees in the barrel for a long time . The single vineyard wines produce wines with a high aging potential.

Awards

  • Mentioned in the Gault & Millau wine guide since 1995
  • 2010 Weiler Schlipf Pinot Noir CS *** among the top 10 Pinot Noir in Germany in Gault & Millau 2013
  • 2013 Weiler Schlipf Pinot Blanc CS *** among the top 10 Pinot Blanc varieties in Germany in Gault & Millau 2015
  • "The red wines, all of them Pinot Noir, can be described as unique in southern Baden with their very own freshness, elegance and delicately woven structure." Gault & Millau, 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Tschamber: The chronicle of the community because . Grenzbote-Verlag, Weil am Rhein 1928, p. 15 .
  2. ↑ a b Carsten Henn: 111 German wines that one must have drunk . Emons Verlag, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-89705-849-1 , p. 42 .
  3. ^ Peter Knoll, Claus-Peter Hutter, Roland Bauer: The great Baden-Württemberg wine book . Emons Verlag, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-7408-0227-1 , p. 161 .
  4. ↑ Hans Jakob Wörner: 550 years of Markgräflerland . Ed .: Geschichtsverein Markgräflerland eV Schopfheim 1994, p. 152 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Winfrid Heinen: Baden - complete works of German wine . Verlag Heinen, Trittenheim 1983, ISBN 3-922369-10-3 , p. 226 .
  6. ^ Gerhard Fingerlin : 550 years of Markgräflerland . Ed .: Geschichtsverein Markgräflerland eV Schopfheim 1994, p. 9 .
  7. ↑ Otto Geisel, Andreas Braun: Great wines from the southwest . Hampp Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-936682-62-5 , p. 213 .
  8. ^ Thomas Schwitalla: Baden plays Burgundy . In: Der Feinschmecker November 2015 edition . 2015, p. 86 .
  9. ↑ Joel B. Payne (Ed.): Gault & Millau Weinguide Germany 2013 . Christian Verlag GmbH, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86244-204-1 , p. 32 .
  10. ↑ Joel B. Payne (Ed.): Gault & Millau Weinguide Germany 2015 . Christian Verlag GmbH, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86244-687-2 , p. 38 .
  11. ↑ Joel B. Payne (Ed.): Gault & Millau Weinguide Germany 2017 . Christian Verlag GmbH, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-95961-002-5 .