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Bibo Runge

Weingut Bibo Runge was founded in 2014 by Walter Bibo after 30 years of working as a cellar master for other people and Kai Runge who provided the financial muscle. In 2017, Bibo needed a new partner and Makus Bonsels came on board – he is now the sole owner and winemaker and neither Bibo nor Runge are still on board. Bonsels’ background is in biotechnology, chemical engineering and economics, but between 2015 and 2017 he completed a masters in oenology and viticulture in Bordeaux, Geisenheim and Montpellier. Since its foundation, the estate has grown from three to six hectares in Hallgarten with parcels in Hendelberg, Jungfer, Schönhell, Würzgarten and the Frühernberg – which is part of Schönhell. Seventy-five percent of holdings are Riesling, the rest is Pinot Noir. Bonsels also specializes in Sekt and dealcoholized wines – but the latter only from bought-in grapes. I only tasted the still wines from 2020 and 2021 during my visit, the Sekts will be tasted for the forthcoming Sekt report. The Rieslings are hand-harvested in up to four harvest passes. The fruit receives skin contact – even in hot years like 2022, but the time is more curtailed – and is then pressed in a basket press. Sedimentation takes a day, and some pectolytic enzymes are employed. The relatively clear juice is then put into Halb- and Doppelstück and Stück where some wines spend two years. The only 100% steel-fermented wine is the entry-level Riesling called Kleiner Revoluzzer. Names like these evoke Hallgarten history when a local aristocrat held pro-democracy meetings in his garden house in the years leading up to the various (crushed) revolutions in Germany in 1848, as well as some of the German Romantic poets who used to spend summers here. The Rieslings are all characterized by long lees aging, which here seems to give them a salty, textured richness. The Pinot Noirs, well-fixed with oak after two years in barrique, are made in a bold, rounded style that, for me is not really Pinot-esque. During my visit, I tasted Rieslings from 2021 and 2020 and Pinot Noirs from 2018 and 2020.

From 2022 Rheingau, Pfalz and Mittelrhein: Before, During and After the Rain (Dec 2023) by Anne Krebiehl MW

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2021 Riesling Achtzehn 48 Hallgartener Schönhell

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