Joh Jos Christoffel Erben

 



Joh Jos Christoffel Erben has been a family owned estate for over 400 years and the estate has been called this since the beginning of the 19th Century. The estate has vineyards in Urziger Wirzgarten and Erdener Treppchen, both of which are planted exclusively with ungrafted vines some of which are over 100 years old. The planting of ungrafted vines is possible (and legally permitted) in the slate hillsides of the Mosel because Phylloxera does not thrive in these soils. In 2001, the estate was leased to Robert Etmael who owns the Monchhof Estate. The wines are now made by Eymael on the estate but with the advice of the Christoffel family to maintain an unbroken style with the past.