Tasting at Weingut Korrell Johanneshof in Bad Kreuznach, Nahe, with Sonja Reinbold and Martin Korell - Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by ombiasy WineTours

Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by ombiasy WineTours took place from August 28 – Friday, September 06, 2024. We spent 10 days visiting top wine estates in five wine regions, tasting fabulous Rieslings and Pinot Noir (aka Spätburgunder), meeting world-renowned wine makers, travelling through the world’smost beautiful wine regions, cruising on the romantic Rhein river, looking at dizzying steep vineyards along the Rhein and Mosel rivers, and delving deep into German history and culture: Rheinhessen • Rheingau • Mittelrhein • Mosel • Nahe 

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Tasting at Weingut H. Dönnhoff (VDP), Oberhausen, Nahe, with Anne Dönnhoff - Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by ombiasy WineTours

Lunch at Hermannshöhle Restaurant Weck in Niederhausen - Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by ombiasy WineTours

in the afternoon we started at Weingut Korrell in Bad Kreuznach. Sonja Reinbold, Managing Director, who I knew from her days at the VDP.Die Prädikatsweingüter, together with Owner/ Winemaker Martin Korrell, conducted a great portfolio tasting for us. cc Britta Korrell. 

Korell just started to export to the US through Veritable Wines & Estates Julia Wolf Jesse Becker. Annette and I presented the Korell wines, with other Veritable wines, at last year's American Wine Society National Convention in St. Louis. 

See: The 2023 American Wine Society National Conference in St. Louis/ Missouri/ USA: Seen Through Christian Schiller's Camera Lens

Weingut Korrell Johanneshof in Bad Kreuznach, Nahe

The ancesters of the Korrell family first settled in Spain where they were given the family coat of arms with the lion in 1483. Since 1832 there has been a winery at its current location in Bosenheim in the vicinity of Bad Kreuznach. Today Martin Korrell and his wife Britta run the estate. Martin’s career began with a junp into the deep end when he returned from his internship in Australia in 1995. He found his father in a wheelchair after a fall. The harvest was just around the corner and from one day to the next the 19-year-old had to take on the responsibility to became the cellar master - and with great success. All relevant wine guides praised the wines as ‘dynamic, harmonious and distinguished’. The Korrell’s have an exceptional vineyard portfolio spanning a wide variety of single vineyards of different terroir, hence their wines reflect the diversity of the Nahe region. They are certified organic and the next logical step for them is working towards a ZNU standard for sustainable corporate management.

Weingut Korrell - Veritable USA

Location: Bosenheim, Nahe, Germany

Hectares: 32, plus an additional 8-hectares on contract

Farming: Certified organic

People: Martin & Britta Korrell

Website: https://www.korrell.com/en

“We have the nickname’ das Probiertstub’chen’,” says Britta, “because Nahe is the tasting room of Germany.”

“We are always the first in the Nahe to harvest,” says Britta Korrell, then adds, “and always the last.” It takes seven weeks to harvest all of Weingut Korrell’s 32 hectares which stretch 20 kilometers along the Nahe river, from their home village of Bosenheim (near Bad Kreuznach in the lower Nahe to Waldböckelheim in the upper Nahe. Along the way, tributaries, irregular topography, and 400 million years of tumultuous geological activity make Germany’s Nahe difficult for some to pin down. On the one hand, lower Nahe can produce fine Burgunder varieties, and its dry Rieslings can show power and texture. Prädikatswein from middle Nahe villages like Niederhausen is undoubtedly some of Germany’s finest. Then, in the upper Nahe, a Riesling trocken from Schloßböckelheim might be linear, steely, and intense. “We have the nickname’ das Probiertstub’chen’,” says Britta, “because Nahe is the tasting room of Germany.”

Kreuznacher Paradies is where the winery began after WWII. Martin Korrell’s family comes from Spain, where they picked up the Lion crest on all of Karrell’s labels. Martin’s father began in the Paradies in the 1960s, growing grapes and selling mainly to private clients. Martin was still amidst his studies and had just returned from an internship in Australia in 1999 to find his father in a wheelchair after a fall. Martin, age 19, would have to take charge of the harvest. The Korrells own 9.5 hectares of the 20-hectare Paradies, a steep and prominent hill overlooking Bad Kreuznach with limestone, muschelkalk on the upper slopes, and clay in the lower section. Climate, soil, and old vines combine to make Paradies Riesling a wine of deep concentration, fine structure, and layered many times over with flavor. Paradies is Korrell’s jewel among a treasure chest of grand crus.

“Riesling is the first thing for us,” says Britta. Weissburgunder and Spätburgunder are also quite good here with their lower Nahe home base. The focus is on dry wines, and unless you find yourself in a few specific areas in Germany, off-dry or sweet Prädikatsweine are made when vintage conditions allow for it. Martin is a very controlled winemaker and prefers spontaneous fermentation if it starts within the first 30 hours. It helps explain the unusually intricate complexity of the Gutswein (estate) Riesling trocken and the exceptional “von den Ersten Lagen” bottling. I love this wine because it combines three exceptional sites in Schloßböckelheim (including grand cru Felsenberg) with the famous Traiser Rotenfels into a delicate and salty whole. It says something about this wine when it stands out among grand crus like Dellchen, Kirschheck, Klamm, and Paradies, all produced side-by-side in Korrell’s cellar. To know Weingut Korrell is to know the Nahe.

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