Hipping

Hipping
Hipping
Hipping
Hipping
class=notpageimage|
Hipping

Hipping is a 23-hectare-sized (57-acre) vineyard of the Roter Hang, 'red slope' in the municipality Nierstein in Germany. Located at the Rhenish Hessian Rhineterrace (Rhineland-Palatinate), wines of this vineyard can be marketed as Großes Gewächs, 'big growth' or Erste Lage, 'first position', provided that other quality characteristics are fulfilled.[1]

Terrain

The Hipping vineyard extends along the Rhine north of Nierstein and south of Nackenheim. It is part of the large vineyard Rehbach of the Rheinhessen wine region[2] and surrounds the exclusive site "Brudersberg" in southern direction and borders in the south on the location "Ölberg".[3] The location is 90–160 m above NN. The slope gradient is up to 70% and the exposure to southeast, the incoming morning sun is particularly beneficial for Riesling. The soil is Rotliegend.[4]

Due to its proximity to the Nierstein village centre, the Hipping is a frequently used area for wine festivals, in particular for the event "Weinpräsentation am Roten Hang" (Wine Presentation on the Red Slope) and vineyard tours of the local winegrowers.

Etymology

The name of the location could be derived from the Middle High German "Hübel" for "hill" or from the tool "Hippe" for billhook. The interpretations are complex and ambiguous.

History

Wine on a sideboard from the Exhibition "Taste of bygone times" in 2007 in Stockholm. One bottle each of “Château Latour” vintage 1907 & “Niersteiner Hipping” vintage 1911.

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 was celebrated with a Riesling by Franz Karl Schmitt from this vineyard. A 2012 vintage Hipping Riesling of the winery Klaus Peter Keller, who had acquired exactly in 2010 the plot in the Hipping[5] therefore became the official wine for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, which the Queen celebrated in 2012.[6]

Property

Propertied in the Hipping are the VDP wineries St. Antony, Gunderloch and Klaus Peter Keller, as well as the wineries Georg Albrecht Schneider, J. & H.A. Strub, Schätzel[7] and many more.

References

  1. ^ "VDP:Weinberg.Online". VDP (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ Koch, Hans-Jörg (1982). Weinparadies Rheinhessen (in German). Verlag der Rheinhessischen Druckwerkstätte/Alzey. ISBN 3-87854-029-9.
  3. ^ Friedrich A. Cornelssen, Das große Buch vom deutschen Wein. Seewald Verlag 1977, ISBN 3-512-00416-4, S. 90.
  4. ^ Dieter Braatz, Ulrich Sautter, Ingo Swoboda, Jancis Robinson, Wine Atlas of Germany the best vineyards in Rheinhessen, University of California Press 2014; p. 123/C5 and 128, retrieved on 21 October 2018
  5. ^ Website Weingut Keller: "Official anniversary wine for the 60th anniversary of the Queen harvested Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine" retrieved on 25 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Winery Keller from Flörsheim-Dalsheim supplies for royal cellar". general newspaper Mainz. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  7. ^ "Weingut Schätzel". 2018-04-14. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hipping.