Ansgar Clüsserath
The Weingut Ansgar Clüsserath in Trittenheim, Mosel, has been owned and run by the family since its founding in 1670. Nowadays, Esgar Clüserath's daughter Eva, who is married to Winemaker of the Year 2014 Gault Millau, Philip Whitman, is in charge of winemaking. Like Rhinehessen superstar Wittmann, Eva is a member of the new generation of wine growers in Germany, committed to traditional, environmentally sound viticulture practices as well as promising methods. About 97% of the vineyards are planted with Riesling. Clüsseraths pick all the grapes by hand in several stages, and the cool, damp cellar is ideal for the 50-year-old Füder, the traditional round tonneaux, in which the must goes through slow, natural fermentation. The wines are then aged with the lees, without further processing, except for a single filtration before bottling.