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Hipping

Coordinates: 49°52′55″N 8°20′11″E / 49.8820°N 8.3365°E / 49.8820; 8.3365
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Hipping
Hipping
Hipping
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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