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Riesling Rheinhessen Rheinhessen vin blanc tranquille

Origin

Rhine River Banks

Growing regions

France, Germany, Australia, Austria, New Zealand

Riesling from the Rheinhessen — Germany’s largest wine-growing region around Mainz, on the loess, clay and limestone soils of the sedimentary basin with some crystalline rock outcroppings at Nierstein and Oppenheim, with a moderate continental climate — is less celebrated for its Riesling than the Rheingau but …