At the confluence of the Rhine and the Nahe, lies Bingen am Rhein. This is home to Weingut Riffel. The winery has been organic since 2009 and biodynamic since 2012 is run by husband and wife team Carolin and Erik - the fourth generation to tend to the now 18 hectares of predominantly Riesling and Pinot Noir. As well as making an array of classic Trocken and Kabinett Rieslings, they are also lucky enough to have holdings in the Grand Cru sites of Scharlachberg, Kirchberg, Osterberg and Rosengarten. Here on the quartzite slopes that mark out this special location, the grapes find full maturity, displaying an array of intense tropical and stone fruit flavours, with a wonderfully energetic yet rounded acidity that frame these captivating and mineral- infused wines. Only 100% perfect grapes are used to allow for long aging on their lees. Ferments are with wild yeasts.
Weingut Riffel Binger Scharlachberg Pinot Noir Trocken 2022
13% abv
“The 2022 Pinot Noir Binger Scharlachberg is made from an ATVB fin selection on a south-east-facing one-hectare parcel of the Scharlachberg planted in 2020 on yellow quartzite with some grey slate and weathered quartzite that is now sandy. This maiden harvest amounted to just one 300-liter barrel. The nose is immediately vivid with mulberry and crushed forest fruit, tending more to red rather than black with exuberant freshness and a sense of graphite. The palate is juicy, has an edge of mossy savoriness, tones down its fruit and focuses on that bright acidity, shimmering with salt, iron oxide and the merest edge of licorice. A fine web of tannin, smooth but vivid, defines the mouthfeel. While the wine has a surprisingly dark hue of red, translucency is evident on the eye, nose and palate. There’s not a trace of heaviness or fat. What a debut! This will be explosive once these vines stretch their roots into the stone. Very elegant with a lovely length of savory stone. (Bone-dry)” 2025 – 2030
(90-92) Points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, June 2023
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2022 | Duty Paid | Europe | Germany | Pinot Noir | Red | Rheinhessen | Still | Weingut Riffel | Wine- Reference #:
- 25020
- Strength
- 13 ABV
- Bottles per Case
- 6 bottles
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir
- Organic
- Yes
- Biodynamic
- Yes
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Sparkling
- No

