Weingut Rudolf Trossen

Weingut Rudolf Trossen

In Rudolf’s own words, he feels in “a privileged situation to make a living from 2.5 hectares of vines”. His early years as a boy working with his father, spraying the vines with chemicals and fertilisers led to a realisation that there must be another way. Various figures in his life shaped the direction Rudolf took. It was a book by Rudolf Steiner (the founder of the biodynamic approach to agriculture), that marked the beginning of over 40 years in biodynamic viticulture for the Trossen vines. The purity of the Trossen wines, their filigree minerality and energy seem to reflect the abundance of life both above and below the soils in these vineyards. In the winery, Rudolf takes what could be described as a sympathetic approach coaxing his wines through their ferments, some taking over a year. The purus wines are natural, the others have tiny additions of sulphur to avoid losing the vineyard expression in the glass.

Mosel
GERMANY

Rudolf Trossen wines have zero additives, not even sulfur, and are unfined and unfiltered.

There are some winemakers working organically in Germany, but the vast majority of winemakers in Germany are steadfast users of sulfur to stabilize and preserve their wines, making the Trossens real pioneers in their area.

Biodynamic, Natural, Pure

Viticulture

This family run estate is located in Kinheim on the steeply sided slopes of the Middle Mosel. The soils are weathered grey and blue slate and planted with a lhigh percentage of ungrafted Riesling vines. Trossen turned to biodynamics in 1978, working the plots with the help of biodynamic supplements, minerals and a limited amount of hydrous copper solution to stave off fungal diseases. The climate is continental with warm summers and cold winters. The proximity of the Mosel River acts as a warming element as the sunlight reflects off the water. Trossecco is made from Riesling with some Pinot Blanc from 100 year old vines. Harvesting is done by hand.

Winemaking

Even our organically tended vines are not immune to pests and diseases. Following EU regulations and the rigurous rules of the German organic vintner association Ecovin, we are only allowed to use herbs, minerals and a limited amount of hydrous copper solution to stave off fungal diseases. Every winery has an annual inspection by an independent board of control to achieve the Ecovin certificate. The work of this independent body is in itself monitored by a governmental institution. The Ecovin label documents this transparency. The goal of our efforts are expressive and individual wines with fruitiness, structure and elegance. We receive many notable comments of our customers on the salubriousness of our wines. It is not clear to us whether this stems from our dedicated manual labour, the sparing use of technology and machinery in the vineyards and wine cellar, from our location-sensitive soil treatment, the abstinence from forceful fertilizers, or the balancing potency of our biodynamic supplements. Technical progress found its way into wine cellars over the last decades. The use of new enological processes brings the danger that wines will lose their unique, individual taste and become globalised, standardised, interchangeable and boring.

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