Description
“Bernkasteler Doktor” is one of the most famous vineyard names in the world. Stories abound as to the origin of its name. The most widely accepted – or at least the most widely told – is that it came about after the 14th Century prince-bishop Boemund II of Trier drank two bottles of wine from the vineyard and was cured of a terminal illness overnight.
The Doktor is a small (3.25 acre / 1.8ha) plot – south-facing, and with an extremely steep slope of between 45 and 60 percent. The soil is dark, weathered slate. The vineyard changed hands in 1900 at a then-staggering price of 100 gold marks per vine, and since then it has been said to be the most expensive vineyard in Germany. Wines from the Doktor are both delightfully delicate and expressively spicy.
