Rheingau is one of 13 designated German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) producing quality wines . It was named after the traditional region of Rheingau, the wine region is situated in the state of Hesse, where it constitutes part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district. Although making up only 3 percent of the total German vineyard area, Rheingau has been the source of many historically important innovations in German wine making, and contains many wine producers of international reputation, such as Schloss Johannisberg. Rheingau, with 3,125 hectares of vineyards in 2016, also boasts a higher proportion of Riesling (77.7%) than any other German wine-growing region, with Spätburgunder making up most of the rest (12.2%), followed by Müller-Thurgau.
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Rheingau is a wine region, Germany. We track 336 of its wines in stock at 62 shops, from 47 wine houses, from € 7.89; mostly white, red.
- Country
- Germany
- In our wines
- Riesling, Pinot Noir, Lagrein, Chardonnay, Silvaner
- Classifications
- DOC 1 · Grosses Gewächs 41 · Grosse Lage 5 · Erste Lage 11 · Trockenbeerenauslese 5 · Beerenauslese 10 · Auslese 11 · Spätlese 16 · Kabinett 20
- Styles
- White 249 · Red 46 · Dessert 16 · Sparkling 10 · Rosé 6 · Orange 3
- Prices
- from € 7.89 · median € 38.07 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +2.7 °C · 1,514 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2025 | 21 | € 9.23 | € 20.06 | – | hotwet harvest +1.2 °C · 1,247 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2024 | 55 | € 14.50 | € 26.63 | 90.0 (1 wine) | hotwet +1.0 °C · 1,209 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2023 | 43 | € 10.30 | € 31.71 | 94.0 (2 wines) | hot +1.4 °C · 1,350 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2022 | 33 | € 16.05 | € 52.05 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hotwet harvest +2.0 °C · 1,481 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2021 | 23 | € 11.90 | € 43.50 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 981 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2020 | 24 | € 22.61 | € 61.09 | 96.0 (2 wines) | hot +1.0 °C · 1,193 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2019 | 18 | € 11.90 | € 48.86 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,216 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2018 | 11 | € 10.04 | € 90.00 | – | hotdry +2.5 °C · 1,514 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 2017 | 4 | € 50.71 | € 100.29 | 96.0 (1 wine) | average +0.4 °C · 1,131 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2016 | 2 | € 36.80 | € 38.90 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,113 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2015 | 7 | € 21.27 | € 45.36 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,118 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2014 | 3 | € 45.00 | € 68.75 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,094 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 2013 | 5 | € 54.09 | € 64.90 | 95.0 (2 wines) | average −0.4 °C · 959 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 62.75 | € 62.75 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,012 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 40.01 | € 40.01 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,082 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 79.61 | € 79.61 | – | cool −0.9 °C · 910 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2009 | 1 | € 35.46 | € 35.46 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,106 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,023 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 269.00 | € 538.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 988 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2006 | 1 | € 126.98 | € 126.98 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,252 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2005 | 1 | € 1,208.25 | € 1,208.25 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,086 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 48.00 | € 48.00 | – | average −0.4 °C · 938 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2003 | 2 | € 243.52 | € 512.52 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,318 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2002 | 1 | € 40.01 | € 40.01 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,000 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2001 | 3 | € 40.01 | € 50.00 | – | averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,018 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 996 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,081 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 940 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 1997 | 1 | € 90.00 | € 180.00 | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,025 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1996 | 2 | € 30.00 | € 135.00 | – | cold −1.4 °C · 788 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1995 | 4 | € 35.00 | € 117.50 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,009 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1994 | 1 | € 70.00 | € 140.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,082 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 907 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,080 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.8 °C · 985 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 989 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,036 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 949 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.4 °C · 746 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 874 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 841 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −2.0 °C · 681 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 974 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,090 GDD · 111 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Rheingau's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn 37 · Schloss Johannisberg 33 · August Kesseler 29 · Weingut Georg Breuer 26 · Robert Weil 21 · Weingut Leitz 18 · Weingut P.J.Kühn 12 · Querbach 10 · Kunstler 10 · Chat Sauvage 10 · Weingut Corvers-Kauter 8 · Hartmann Donà 8 · Fred Prinz 7 · Solveigs 6 · Prinz von Hessen 5 · Balthasar Ress 5
Rüdesheim 39 · Johannisberg 24 · Oestrich 17 · Kiedrich 17 · Hochheim 11 · Hattenheim 5 · Rauenthal 4 · Erbach 3 · Geisenheim 2 · Winkel 1