Zweigelt vine Hades 2017

Looking at the history of the Jürgen Ellwanger winery, you can feel 500 years of lived wine passion: as early as 1514, an ancestor, Nikodemus Ellwanger, laid the foundation stone in Großheppach. In 1949, Gottlob Ellwanger officially founded the present-day winery, and with his son Jürgen, a breath of fresh air quickly arrived. Under Jürgen's direction, the family estate grew steadily – and at the same time brought a small revolution to the Remstal valley: together with four colleagues, he founded the HADES* study group in 1986, an initiative that established barrique aging in Württemberg. What critics initially scoffed at soon led to award-winning wines (including multiple winners of the German Red Wine Prize) and solidified Ellwanger's reputation as a top winery. As early as 1995, the estate was admitted to the prestigious VDP (Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates) – one of the first in the region.
Today, Jörg Ellwanger (cellar master) and his brother Felix, together with Jörg's wife Sylvia, manage the family winery in the next generation. On 26 hectares of vineyards, spread over five communities in the Remstal valley, numerous grape varieties thrive. The Ellwangers understand tradition as a responsibility, not as stagnation: they cultivate Trollinger, Lemberger, and Riesling with particular dedication; but international varieties such as Merlot or Syrah also enrich the portfolio. In the cellar, Jörg relies on gentle processing, time, and intuition – always with the aim of bringing the character of the site and grape variety unfiltered into the glass.


*A word about HADES: The HADES wines are the result of a pioneering initiative launched in 1986 by five Swabian wineries, including Weingut Jürgen Ellwanger. This group, which called itself the "New Oak Barrel Study Group," aimed to establish the aging of wines in new oak barrique barrels in Germany, a practice that was uncommon in the country at the time.
The name "HADES" is an acronym of the initials of the participating wineries:
H: Weingut Fürst Hohenlohe Oehringen
A: Weingut Graf Adelmann
D: Weingut Drautz-Able
E: Weingut Jürgen Ellwanger
S: Weingut Sonnenhof

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