Kiedrich Gräfenberg
The first documentary evidence from 1109 mentions the clearing of the Gräfenberg as an allotment of the Rheingrafen (Rhine earls) and also names the famous location as “mons rhingravii” (mountain of the Rhein earls). The name “Grevenberg” is first recorded in two documents from 1258 and 1259.
The great career of the Gräfenberg began at the end of the 19th century. In these times of the highest reputation for Rieslings from the Rhine, the Gräfenberg Rieslings from Dr. Robert Weil were in demand at the tables of European royal and imperial houses as well as on wine lists of international grand hotels. The Prussian site classifications of the time always assigned it and its neighbor, the Turmberg, the highest classification. The history of the Gräfenberg as well as its soil, its special geographical features and its cool climate microclimate represent the ideal terroir of a Grand Cru, a.k.a. GROSSE LAGE. Today, the Gräfenberg is considered a "flagship wine" and a “great classic” by observers of the international wine world.
Soil: The stony, coarse-grained soil of the Gräfenberg has a high proportion of phyllite rock, which is also interspersed with loess loam. This com- position of the soil, consisting of a high proportion of rocks as well as water-retaining layers, gives the Gräfenberg an optimal and balanced water supply.