Karlsmuhle, Lorenzhofer Riesling Eiswein

The winery is located in the municipality of Mertesdorf-Lorenzhof directly on the Ruwer river in the German Moselle wine-growing region. The Karlsm hle is considered the oldest rock mill north of the Alps. In the vicinity, remains of buildings were found which suggest a Roman mill. The Romans sawed marble and shell limestone slabs for the magnificent buildings in Trier. From 1457 the mill owned the monastery St. Maximin in Trier. Johann Karls acquired it in 1803 when the monastery was dissolved and gave it its present name. Since this time the family and their descendants have been growing wine. In 1889 Peter Geiben married into the family, whose grandson of the same name has been running the estate since the end of the 1970s. The vineyards comprise 12.5 hectares of vineyards in the individual sites Kehrnagel and Nies'chen (Kasel), as well as the very steeply terraced slopes of Felslay and M uerchen (Lorenzhof), which are in exclusive ownership. The wines of the latter two sites are mostly marketed under the collective name Lorenzh fer. The vineyards are mostly planted with Riesling (11 ha), as well as smaller quantities of M ller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, Dornfelder, Pinot Noir, and the special Moselle variety Elbling. The Rieslings are mostly fermented spontaneously with the natural yeasts and are mostly matured dry and semi-dry. In years with suitable weather conditions, Eiswein and Trockenbeerenauslese are also pressed. Bottle-fermented sparkling wine is also produced. Types of grapes: 90% Riesling, 3% Sp tburgunder, Je 2% M ller-Thurgau, Wei burgunder und Dornfelder, 1% Elbling