The demand for the wines of this top producer from Rheinhessen is increasing, partly due to the many favorable reviews. It would have been easy to take advantage of this success, buy some more vineyards and ride the positive wave. As a purist looking for absolute quality at the highest achievable level, Philipp chooses the opposite route: by reducing yields and selecting fruit, he makes fewer bottles labeled below the highest level and the overall quality of the 'Estate' wines further improves. The most important change is the introduction of three wines 'Aus Ersten Lagen', namely the Gundersheimer, the Westhoger and Niersteiner. These wines bear the name of their municipality, but come from one or more vineyards with the label 'Erste Lage'. These wines are put on the market 1 year after harvest, when the Grosses Gewächse were previously launched. These last top wines are now appearing six months later.
