Weingut Alexander Flick

The winery of the "Winzerfamilie Flick" is located in the municipality Bechtolsheim (area Nierstein ) in the German growing area Rheinhessen, Viticulture has been practiced in the traditional family since 1600. Today the company is run by Ulrich Flick and Alexander Flick, supported by viticulture technician Katharina Flick. Alexander Flick collected during his studies in Geisenheim also practical experience with some wineries in the Rheingau, as well as in New Zealand, The vineyards cover 21 hectares of vineyards in the individual layers Homberg, Klosterberg, Sonnenberg, Wingertstor (Bechtolsheim), Herrgottspfad (Gau-Odernheim), Hellfire (Gundersheim) and Morstein (Westhofen), as well as areas in Siefersheim.

They are 60% with the white wine varieties Riesling. Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc ( Pinot Blanc ), Pinot Gris ( Pinot Gris ) Sylvaner. Müller-Thurgau and Huxelrebe, as well as to 40% with the red wine varieties Pinot Noir ( Pinot Noir ) Blue Portuguese. Dornfelder. Cabernet Cubin. regent and St. Laurent planted. The management is carried out in principle in manual operation with the aim of the best possible grape quality. These include careful Leaves- and floor work, Defoliation the grape zone, careful soil work, thin out and selective reading.

The motto of the house in the winemaking is to make with typical regional wines "lust for Rheinhessen". These are different depending on the type of wine reductive with the goal fruity, with long and possibly overpumping. spontaneous fermentation and long storage on the removed in steel tank or barrel barrel. They are marketed in the three quality levels estate wines (typical wines from the vineyards around the Petersberg), local wines (origin-oriented to the places) and vineyard wines (long maturation, old vines, only in prime years). All local and layer wines are yield-reduced below 50 hl / ha after selective hand-picking fermented spontaneously and store for a long time on the yeast. The red top wines ripen for at least 12 months , Premium wines are the white wines Alexander (Chardonnay) and Jacob (Riesling) and the 16 months in barrique matured red wine Bechtolsheimer (Pinot Noir). Every year around 150,000 bottles of wine are produced. The winery is a member of Selection Rheinhessen and Generation Riesling.