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ONLINE: Rheinhessen’s Route Hang - Gunderloch Estates with Johannes Hasselbach

ONLINE: Rheinhessen’s Route Hang - Gunderloch Estates with Johannes Hasselbach

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7:00pm
Duration
2 hours

Event Description

We’re delighted to welcome one of Germany’s most revered Riesling estates, Gunderloch Estate, for a rare, intimate online tasting co-hosted by none other than Johannes Hasselbach himself, alongside our own Jimmy Smith. If you’ve ever wondered what makes truly great Riesling so captivating — this is your moment.

 
Perched on the dramatic, iron-rich slopes of the Roter Hang in Nackenheim, Gunderloch is a name spoken with genuine admiration among those who know their German wines. This is Riesling at its most expressive: vineyards plunging steeply towards the Rhine, their south-facing exposure soaking up every precious ray of sunlight, while the distinctive red slate soils lend an unmistakable mineral spine and age-worthy precision to the wines.
 
Founded in 1890 and still family-owned, Gunderloch represents the very best of German winemaking tradition — proudly part of the VDP, the country’s most prestigious growers’ association. Their range spans the full spectrum of Riesling brilliance: crystalline dry Grosses Gewächs bottlings, delicately poised Kabinetts, and lusciously complex Auslese, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese that can evolve gracefully for decades.
 
Now at the helm is Johannes Hasselbach — dynamic, thoughtful, and very attuned to both vineyard and legacy. He brings a contemporary clarity to the wines while remaining rooted in generations of family knowledge. Expect insight, candour, and the kind of behind-the-scenes stories you simply don’t get from a textbook.
 
Attendees will taste through a handpicked selection of Gunderloch’s wines — including bottles rarely seen outside Germany — while hearing directly from the person who made them. These are the evenings that remind us why we fell in love with wine in the first place.
 
Tasting kits containing 50ml samples of each wine tasted on the course. For more information about the tasting kits, please see below. (UK Delivery only)
  • If you do NOT want to receive a tasting kit, and just want to book onto the event without receiving wine samples – NO PROBLEM! Please just enter the code OLREGONLY as a ‘Promotional Code’ upon checking out, and the tasting kit associated fees on this course will be removed before you make course payment.

WHAT IF I CAN'T ATTEND A LIVE SESSION?

Don't worry! All live sessions are recorded and the recording will be shared with you (normally next working day) This means that you can catch up on any lesson at any time.

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