Immich Batterieberg Riesling Kabinett Cai

Description

Immich-Batterieberg ranks among the oldest estates on the Mosel. The middle portion of the estates grounds still standing today was first mentioned, in 908 A.D., by Ludwig IV, the last East Frankish Carolingian king, in a deed that confirmed the estates transfer to the church.

According to archaeological estimates, the foundation of the building dates from the second half of the 9th century. Especially remarkable is the cellars load-bearing basalt pillar, which was recycled from a nearby Roman estate.

In the 12th Century the estate was ceded as a fief to Prince von Esch (hence to days Escheburg) and was then remodeled and expanded. The right wing of the property, the Franzenhaus, was not built until the 16th Century and the Herrenhaus, richly adorned in the Mosel-Frankish style and which today makes up the left wing, did not appear until the early 1900s.

It was the Immich family among the oldest winemaking families on the Mosel, with a history that spans from 1425 through 1989 that was especially crucial to the history and the development of the estate. We have them to thank for our most famous site, the Batterieberg, which between 1841 and 1845 was formed into one of the Mosels top sites by way of ceaseless rounds of dynamite. Batterieberg, along with the older top-tier sites Steffensberg, Ellergrub, and Zeppwingert, are all steep slate slopes and all achieved the highest ranking in the Prussian Vineyard Classification of 1868. Today they comprise the heart of the estate.