Felix Prinz zu Salm-Salm

At a Glance - Current role: leader of the estate. - Career marker: managed the estate in 2007. - Education: Geisenheim. - Specialty: Riesling. Geisenheim training and the experience of managing the estate in 2007 sit behind a style that favors clarity over excess and structure over weight. For Felix Prinz zu Salm-Salm, Riesling is the center of the estate’s logic: the wines have to stay balanced, finely tuned, and fresh from the first sip through the finish.

Signature

Felix's signature wines include Bingen Scharlachberg Riesling GG, La Principessa Rosé Sparkling Wine Brut, Green Slate Riesling, BINGEN AM RHEIN Pinot Noir, and VERJUS SPARKLING. The range of those wines shows the estate working across different forms while keeping the same discipline in view. Bingen Scharlachberg Riesling GG and Green Slate Riesling point to the mineral line and precision associated with the house style. La Principessa Rosé Sparkling Wine Brut brings lift, while BINGEN AM RHEIN Pinot Noir shifts into red-fruited structure. VERJUS SPARKLING carries the same emphasis on freshness into another format. Across the range, Felix keeps the focus on texture, balance, and a clean frame in the glass.

In Their Words “It has changed; we have a higher degree of ripeness, we have to deal with warmer climates, we have to deal with an earlier harvest, but so far these have been issues in the last 20 years that have been extremely beneficial to quality.” “We have already started early, for example, investing in higher elevations, so that we have replanted sites, bought sites that, here with us in Wallhausen, go up to over 300 meters.” These comments show a practical read on vineyard change rather than a theoretical one. Warmer conditions and an earlier harvest require adjustment, and the response here has been to work with altitude, replant sites, and buy sites that rise to over 300 meters in Wallhausen. The strategy is specific, and it matches the estate’s broader preference for freshness, balance, and control.