BEX Riesling 750 ML

The wine region of Nahe, Germany is one of the country?s smallest viticultural areas. The area is named for the River Nahe which winds through steep slopes covered with vines until it meets the Rhine River in Bingen. Located 45 miles southwest of Frankfurt, Nahe?s climate is mild with lots of sunshine, moderate rainfall and very little frost. Vineyards are shielded from northern Europe?s cold winds by the neighboring Soonwald and Hunsr?ck Mountains. Nahe?s extraordinary range of soils is quite rare in the wine world. A violent geological past including volcanic eruptions and massive earthquakes mixed and remixed the soil types. Today the complete rock cycle of igneous (volcanic), sedimentary (limestone, sandstone, clay) and metamorphic (slate) rocks can be found here. Soils change every few hundred feet ? each geological formation subtly affects the sensory profile of the wine. Although the area was settled during Roman times, it was not until the Middle Ages that Nahe wine flourished.