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Weingut Meyer-Näkel

Germany Ahr

Name: Weingut Meyer-Näkel

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53507 Dernau, Germany

Growing area: Ahr

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Vineyard: 23 ha

Owner: Werner Näkel

Wine Maker: Dörte und Meike Näkel

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Website: www.meyer-naekel.de

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Associations: VDP & Deutsches Barrique-Forum & FAIR'N GREEN

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Opening times: by prior telephonic appointment. Restaurant Hofgarten in Dernau. Tel. +49-2643-1540.

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0.75 L

2024 Dernau Riesling VDP.Ortswein

18.00 €

88 WP - very good

Editor note: Cool, delicately dried herbal nose with restrained, bright yellow fruit notes. Cool, polished, compl...

Reviewed: 15 December, 2025

0.75 L

2014 Walporzheim Kräuterberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs trocken

92 WP - excellent

Editor note: Clearer, somewhat developed, slightly smoky scent of predominantly dark berries and a little bit of...

Reviewed: 29 November, 2025

0.75 L

2015 Neuenahr Sonnenberg Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs trocken

90 WP - excellent

Editor note: Slightly warm, developed, somewhat vegetable scent of black and red berries with a hint of eggplant,...

Reviewed: 29 November, 2025

0.75 L

2023 Neuenahr Sonnenberg Spätburgunder VDP.Grosses Gewächs

65.00 €

90 WP - excellent

Editor note: Cool, polished black and slightly red-berry nose with a hint of beetroot and rosehip, pepper, a touc...

Reviewed: 11 November, 2025

0.75 L

2023 Dernau Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein "Blauschiefer"

29.00 €

89 WP - very good

Editor note: Cool, polished, and firm nose with black and blue berries, a hint of beetroot, suggested eggplant, s...

Reviewed: 11 November, 2025

0.75 L

2023 Ahrweiler Spätburgunder VDP.Ortswein "Grauwacke"

29.00 €

89 WP - very good

Editor note: Clearer, rather cool, slightly nutty and tobacco-like scent of more black than red berries with a hi...

Reviewed: 11 November, 2025

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About Weingut Meyer-Näkel

wein.plus classification:
One of the best producers of the country Producer of premium wines, which regularly include even in international comparison among the best of its kind.

The winery is located in the municipality of Dernau in the German wine-growing region of Ahr. Attached to it is the "Hofgarten" estate tavern, which has been in the family for 200 years. The current owner Werner Näkel studied sports and mathematics. In 1982, he took over his parents' business and initially only ran viticulture as a sideline. This was expanded from two hectares at the time to its current size. He began to experiment with long maceration periods and barrique ageing. From the end of the 1980s onwards, Werner Näkel, known as the "red wine wizard", was an innovative winemaker who played a decisive role in today's high level of quality in the Ahr region.

He worked worldwide as a consultant in Portugal, South Africa and Spain (Gran Canaria). Together with Neil Ellis, the winery "Zwalu" (Engl. "new beginning") was founded in 1996 in the South African wine-growing region of Stellenbosch near Cape Town. Together with Bernd Philippi (owner of the Koehler-Ruprecht vineyard in the Palatinate) and Bernhard Breuer (owner of the vineyard in the Rheingau), with whom he had previously worked on several projects, Werner Näkel founded the "Quinta da Carvalhosa" vineyard in Portugal's Douro Valley in 2000.

The Ahr vineyards comprise 13 hectares of vines in the single vineyard sites Kräuterberg (Walporzheim), Hardtberg and Pfarrwingert (Dernau), and Sonnenberg (Bad Neuenahr). They are planted with Pinot Noir, Frühburgunder, Dornfelder and Riesling. The top wines include the cuvées "Blauschiefer" and "S", which are matured in barriques, as well as the dry selections from the Pfarrwingert and the Kräuterberg. A speciality is the light-pressed "Illusion" from Pinot Noir. Noble brandies are also distilled. The winery is a member of the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter).