VDP.ESTATE
ANDREAS LAIBLE

“I PREFER TO DRINK WINES WITH CHARACTER, STRUCTURE AND VARIETAL TYPICITY.”

ANDREAS LAIBLE ABOUT HIS WINES AND HIS WINE ESTATE IN DURBACH

Andreas Laible

Am Bühl 6
77770 Durbach

Phone+49 (0)781/41238
Fax+49 (0)781/38339
eMailweingut@andreas-laible.com
Office Hours
Mo-Fr 8.00-11.30, 13.30-18.00; Sa 8.00-11.30, 13.30-16.00
Owner

Andreas Christian Laible

Cellarmaster

Andreas Christian Laible

Member Since

2002

Wine Area

8,60 acres

Grape Variety

60% Riesling (Klingelberger), 15% Spätburgunder sowie Traminer, Gewürztraminer, Muskateller, Scheurebe, Chardonnay, Weiss- & Grauburgunder

Geology

sonnendurchfluteter Südhang, mildes Mikroklima, Wärme speichernder Boden aus Granit, Porphyr, Gneis & Achat

Growing Areas

Baden

VDP: What is so special about your winery?

Andreas Laible: Our winery is located in the middle of our
VDP.GROSSEN LAGE®AM BÜHL vineyard, where three generations live and work under one roof.

VDP:What is your winery philosophy?

Andreas Laible: Our wines have grace, depth, minerality derived from the weathered granite of the steep Plauelrain, and pronounced varietal character.

VDP: To what wine style do you aim aspire?

Andreas Laible: I prefer to drink wines with character, structure and varietal typicity.

VDP: Do you have a favourite grape variety?

Andreas Laible: Well, there are a lot of exciting grape varieties all over the world, so it's difficult to commit to just one.

VDP: Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?

Andreas Laible: Our VDP.ORTSWEINE from Klingelberg are ideal for both beginners and experienced wine drinkers

VDP:Of which wine are you particularly proud?

Andreas Laible: Of the 2016 Durbacher Plauelrain VDP.ERSTE LAGE® Riesling Eiswein. It became world champion at the AWC Vienna!

VDP:Why did you become a vintner?

Andreas Laible: I have always had a preference for nature and later, also for wine. It is a perpetual challenge. In every vintage the vines have to be cultivated in such a way that grapes ripen optimally and can later be processed into a wine that provides pleasure and has potential for the future.

“OUR PLAUELRAIN RIESLING ICE WINE BECAME WORLD CHAMPION AT THE AWC VIENNA!”

VDP: Do you have role models or mentors?

Andreas Laible: I have always had many ideas of my own and many different winegrowers as role models.


VDP: What are your next goals?

Andreas Laible: There are plenty of goals! One example is our new wine shop and tasting room.


VDP: Do you stick to traditions, if so, which ones?

Andreas Laible: For us, tradition is the category “Kabinett trocken” for the light, uncomplicated spring and summer wines. Pinot varieties are filled in Burgundy bottles, all other varieties in Schlegel bottles.


VDP: Why should people visit your winery?

Andreas Laible: Perhaps one reason is because of my favourite place, the Plauelrainer Köpfle in the heart of the VDP.ERSTEN LAGE® Durbacher Plauelrain, which offers a glorious view of the Vosges Mountains.

© 2023
Photos: Peter Bender