Max Ferd winery. Judge

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The Max Ferdinand Richter winery in Mülheim an der Mosel is a family winery founded in 1680 in the Moselle region . Currently almost 20 hectares of vineyards are cultivated on the slopes of the Middle Moselle, the vineyards are mainly planted with Riesling .

The Max Ferd winery. Judge

history

The winery was founded in 1680 by judge Hans Adam Niessen (1643–1713) as a colonial goods trade. The first vineyard purchase can be documented even earlier; according to the document, the first parcel in Brauneberg was acquired on April 17, 1643. In the early years it was mainly a trading company in addition to a winery. The finished wines were shipped in barrels down the Moselle and Rhine to the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the wine was either sold or exchanged for various colonial goods such as coffee or spices. These goods were then sold from the head office in Mülheim / Mosel . The country road from Mülheim up into the Hunsrück is still popularly known today as the “coffee road”, as the goods were transported on to the customers on this route.

In 1774, Peter Christian Niessen (1736–1798) built the manor house with a French garden in the Baroque style , which is still owned by the family today. The company gained further national fame in 1813, when Franz Ludwig Niessen (1780–1860) is said to have offered the defeated Napoleon I a payment of 3,000 thalers on his retreat after the defeat in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig to cover the plundering of Mülheim and the To prevent the county of Veldenz . As a thank you Niessen received several vineyards from the community, of which the "Louisens Weinberg" named after Queen Luise - today Elisenberg - was the best known. Wines from this vineyard were regularly delivered to the Berlin royal court. The British royal family still regularly sources wines from this location today.

In 1863 the name was changed from Niessen to Richter after the son-in-law Ferdinand Richter (1811-1893), who married in 1837, took over the business. In 1881 the company was split between his sons Max Ferdinand and Arthur. The older son Max Ferdinand restricted himself completely to viticulture and built the company building that still exists today. During this time, the company not only sold wines from its own cultivation, but also purchased wines from the Saar and Moselle. However, the flourishing trade collapsed significantly after the First World War , so that the focus was almost exclusively on the company's own products. This development was partially reversed after the Second World War , when the demand for Moselle wine increased again significantly in the 1950s and 1960s.

In the last 20 years the winery established itself in the extended top of the German wineries. The 2001 Mülheim Helenenkloster Riesling Eiswein was awarded 99/100 and 100/100 points in Gault Millau and Robert Parker . In 2018, the winery also presented the best wine in the respective categories with two 2017 Rieslings. The 2017 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett was awarded as the best Kabinett in Germany by Gault Millau and the 2017 Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese with 100/100 points as the best noble sweet wine in Germany by the Vinum . The winery is now listed in the Vinum with 4 out of 5 stars and in Gault Millau with 3.5 out of 5 grapes.

The buildings used by the winery, Hauptstrasse 37 and Hauptstrasse 85, are listed buildings .

Locations and grape varieties

Of the almost 20 hectares of vineyard area under cultivation, approx. 95% are planted with Riesling and 3% with Pinot Blanc . The remaining 2% is made up of Spätburgunder ( Pinot noir ) and mixed set ( mixed set ).

Locations

The most famous locations that are owned by the winery today include the following locations:

In addition to these well-known vineyards, the winery also has areas in the districts of Veldenz, Burgen and Bernkastel.

Ice wine from the Mülheim Helenenkloster

The specialty of the house are the Riesling ice wines from the Monopollage Mülheimer Helenenkloster. The winery enjoys an international reputation for these wines and the wines have already been awarded top marks several times. For example, the 2001 Mülheim Helenenkloster Eiswein achieved 99/100 and 100/100 points in Gault Millau and Robert Parker . Below is a list of ice wines harvested between 1961 and 2010.

vintage Harvest date designation Degree Oechsle Acid in g / l liter
1961 Nov 23, 1961 finest late harvest ice wine 110 13.5 550
1966 Nov 2, 1966 finest late harvest ice wine 116 11.6 1600
1970 23 Dec 1970 finest late harvest ice wine 114 13.0 900
1971 Dec. 1, 1971 Selection of ice wine 150 10.3 300
1973 Dec. 1, 1973 Selection of ice wine 130 9.3 700
1973 Dec. 2, 1973 Beerenauslese ice wine 170 11.5 550
1975 Nov 23, 1975 Selection of ice wine 115 9.5 1000
1975 Nov 24, 1975 Beerenauslese ice wine 127 10.2 650
1976 Dec 10, 1976 Selection of ice wine 137 9.2 330
1979 Jan. 13, 1980 Late harvest ice wine 127 8.6 180
1983 Nov 15, 1983 Ice wine 164 13.1 1350
1985 Dec. 31, 1985 Ice wine 128 13.0 750
1986 Dec 25, 1986 Ice wine Christmas wine 145 14.6 300
1987 Dec 9, 1987 Ice wine 122 16.4 550
1988 22. Mov. 1988 Ice wine 160 11.3 780
1989 Nov. 26, 1989 Ice wine 140 13.2 680
1990 Dec 8, 1990 Ice wine 130 13.7 300
1992 Dec 30, 1992 Ice wine 149 11.5 400
1993 Nov. 24, 1993 Ice wine 130 12.9 500
1994 Jan. 5, 1995 Ice wine 150 10.0 120
1995 Nov 6, 1995 Ice wine 120 12.0 1000
1996 Dec 26, 1996 Ice wine Christmas wine 138 16.5 150
1997 Jan 28, 1998 Ice wine 166 9.0 100
1998 Nov 21, 1998 Ice wine 168 15.0 510
1999 Jan 25, 2000 Ice wine 125 10.0 300
2000 Dec 23, 2000 Ice wine 140 10.0 300
2001 Dec 24, 2001 Ice wine Christmas wine 223 13.0 400
2002 Jan. 8, 2003 Ice wine 190 11.0 200
2003 Jan. 3, 2004 Ice wine 200 9.0 250
2004 Dec 21, 2004 Ice wine 164 14.4 200
2007 Dec 20, 2007 Ice wine 140 8.3 150
2009 Dec 18, 2009 Ice wine 164 9.4 150
2010 Dec 3, 2010 Ice wine 210 16.0 250
2012 Dec 12, 2012 Ice wine 150 9.8 600
2016 Dec 5, 2016 Ice wine 150 11.8 -

literature

  • Stuart Pigott , Andreas Durst, Ursula Heinzelmann, Chandra Kurt , Manfred Lüer, Stephan Reinhardt: Wine speaks German . 1st edition. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-502-19000-4 .
  • Freddy Price: Riesling Renaissance . 1st edition. Mitchell Beazley, London 2004, ISBN 1-84000-777-X .
  • Stuart Pigott: Germany's leading winemakers and top wines . 2nd Edition. Econ, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-430-17475-9 .
  • Stuart Pigott: The great German Riesling wines . 2nd Edition. Econ, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-430-17488-0 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '47.9 "  N , 7 ° 0' 52.9"  E