This bottle of fully fermented and dry red wine from Knipser winery is made with selected Pinot Noir grapes. It pairs well with lamb, roast or grilled beef and wild games. This vineyard originally belonged to the former Nonnenhof, a wine estate owned by the Kirschgarten (literally: cherry garden) convent in Worms. The first written record of it appeared in the year 1654 as “Im Kirschgarthen.” Located at the edge of town, this vineyard is bordered by houses and an embankment to the west, which provides it with the particularly favorable conditions of a microclimate.” The Ohlenberg Mountain to the west shelters the entire Kirschgarten site from cold westerly winds. High in loess loam, the soil retains water well and the subsoil is rich in limestone. Our oldest parcel is at the lower end of the Kirschgarten site, along the edge of the village of Laumersheim. Since 2007 the parcel to the south of the A6 highway, known as Mergelweg, has been part of Kirschgarten GG as well. This soil contains vast amounts of limestone. The Eichelmann 2011 press review gave it 92 points and remarked, “wonderfully intense, cool red fruit, clear, clean; fascinatingly fruity, delicately juicy, complex, bold and full-bodied, yet elegant with a good structure, tangy, young tannins, excellent finish, great potential.”