Have you noticed
the GG designation after the Einzellage name on the label? (Also that the
village names were not on the labels - Hofberg is in Dhron and Pechstein in
Forst). GG stands for Grosses Gewachs (literally Great Growths) a designation
for the members of VDP, the Association of German Pradikat Wine Estates, for
their top dry wines from top sites. Although widely used, it is not a legal
designation (VDP membership is optional and some top estates are not members).
The Rheingau, on the other hand, has another designation - Erstes Gewachs, for
their corresponding wines, but this one is defined by Law. There is also another
symbol designating GG, that is the one behind Hofberg on the label on the left,
the numeral 1 with an elongated baseline (hence looking like capital L) with a
cluster of grapes. Apparently this will be the official symbol for GGs some
time in the near future.
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