A. Gillot & Sons – A historic winery from Oppenheim
The A. Gillot & Sons winery is one of Rheinhessen’s most historic winegrowing dynasties and looks back on a history spanning over 240 years. The Gillot family has been growing grapes in Oppenheim am Rhein since 1781 – the proud inscription ‘Weinbau seit 1781’ (Winegrowing since 1781) once adorned the labels of the ‘ ’wines. The winery, based at 84 Wormser Straße in 55276 Oppenheim, has been an integral part of the Rheinhessen wine-growing landscape for generations.
The Gillot family, of Huguenot origin, shaped not only viticulture but also the cultural life of the town of Oppenheim. Hugenotten-Kellerei Gillot GmbH, founded in 1977, was involved in the storage of wines, sparkling wines and spirits, as well as the running of wine bars. The Gillot family’s underground cellars are among the most impressive in the region: a five-storey tunnel system runs through Oppenheim’s old town, is recognised as a national cultural monument and extends up to 120 metres deep into the mountain.
The estate cultivated around 13 hectares of vineyards, spread across Oppenheim’s finest sites: Reisekahr, Sackträger, Goldberg, Kreuzt, Krötenbrunnen, Herrenberg, Zuckerberg, Schloßberg and Daubhaus. The full-bodied Riesling wines defined the estate’s standard, complemented by Silvaner, Ruländer and Scheurebe. Particularly noteworthy is the long tradition of noble sweet Prädikat wines: Trockenbeerenauslesen from the 1920s, Beerenauslesen from the 1940s and Eisweine from the 1970s bear witness to the fine art of sweet wine production. An Oppenheimer Beerenauslese from 1943 was awarded 94 points by the specialist press.
In the 1980s, a new winery was built on the Oppenheimer Herrengarten vineyard, bringing the family’s tradition into the modern era. The wines from A. Gillot & Söhne – whether dry Kabinetts, fine Spätleses or monumental Trockenbeerenausleses – are now sought-after rarities amongst collectors and connoisseurs of great German wines.
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