The Rheinhessen estate of Kühling-Gillot dates back over 200 years, though the young, enthusiastic husband and wife team of Olivier Spannier and Carolin Gillot is focused firmly on the future, and producing high quality dry (trocken) wines with minimal intervention. They are seen as making some of Germany’s most exciting dry wines presently, leading their peers and German wine drinkers to trocken styles. Their vineyards are located in the Northern Rheinhessen, close to the river, in the red slate heartland between the villages of Nackenheim and Oppenheim. These profound soils yield wines tending towards warm, fluid minerality, well suiting the house’s tendency towards savoury and mineral over overtly fruity and sweet.
The LCBO Germany store has recently brought in two NEW wines from this classic estate. You can purchase them easily online via the links below, or visit the Destination Collection Germany LCBO store at Waterloo Town Square, 115 King St. South, Waterloo.
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Weingut Kühling-Gillot Grauer Burgunder Reserve Trocken 2021
The grapes for this Grauer Burgunder (Pinot Gris) Réserve come from 20-year-old vines. Grown in warm Bodenheim locations, it benefits from the calcareous soils, with high limestone marl and shell limestone with a loess layer. The grapes are harvested by hand with the same attention as the VDP.Ortsweine and then fermented in used tonneaux that are three to five years old. The wine matures on the fine lees until May before being bottled.
Appellation : Rheinhessen
Country : Germany
Grape(s) : Grauer Burgunder (Pinot Blanc)
Price : $27.95
LCBO : 30896
Weingut Kühling-Gillot Qvinterra Riesling Trocken 2021
The grapes for the QVINTERRA collection are the entry into the portfolio, reflecting the purity of their Rhine grapes with native ferment in stainless steel. This Riesling comes from the best Oppenheimer sites of lime and loess, and is rounded off with a little bit from the Rheinterrassen for spiciness.
Appellation : Rheinhessen
Country : Germany
Grape(s) : Riesling
Price : $24.95
LCBO : 30895
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