Geil

  Honorable traditional Rheinhessen estate energized with the arrival of a young lion, Johannes Geil-Bierschenk.   Outstanding modern white wines
(Riesling, Scheurebe, Rieslaner) at wonderfully reasonable prices. An emblem of the quixotic new generation in Rheinhessen.

•Vineyard area: 27 hectares
•Annual production: 18,000 cases
•Top sites: Bechtheimer Geyersberg, Bechtheimer Rosengarten
•Soil types: heavy chalky loam, carbonate-rich loess
•Grape varieties: 35%Riesling, 15% Spätburgunder, 7% Weissburgunder, 4% Rieslaner, 4% Scheurebe, 35% other