Pinot Noir, Villa Wolf, Pfalz

The Rheinland’Pfalz region lies to the north of Alsace, between the River Rhine and the Haardt Mountains. Protected by the mountains, it is one of the warmer growing areas, able to ripen its fruit successfully in most vintages which was possibly the appeal to Riesling specialist Ernst Loosen, who has to contend with less predictable conditions on his more northerly home vineyards around Bernkastel. Germany is the third-largest Pinot Nor producing country in the world, and the Pfalz is one of the