Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett Feinherb
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2024 growing season in the Roter Hang was characterized by a cool, wet spring and dynamic summer weather, demanding meticulous canopy management before yielding to warm, dry conditions in early autumn. This extended hang time allowed for pristine physiological ripeness at moderate potential alcohol, imbuing the wine with vibrant, high-toned acidity that cuts cleanly through its residual sugar. Early market reception highlights 2024 as a classic, tension-driven German vintage that favors energetic, lower-alcohol styles like Kabinett. Showing exceptional freshness and defined iron-slate minerality in 2026, this bottling is entering its prime drinking window and will develop gracefully through 2034.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed pork belly with apple compote, washed-rind cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Named after playwright Carl Zuckmayer's character Jean Baptiste Sprenger from 'Der fröhliche Weinberg', this off-dry Kabinett draws fruit primarily from younger vines and selected parcels across the red slate and clay-silt soils of the Roter Hang. Fermented spontaneously using indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, the wine preserves aromatic purity, fine acidity, and a delicate balance of natural residual sugar without oak intervention.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Gunderloch was established in 1890 when Mainz banker Carl Gunderloch acquired prime parcels on the steep banks of the Rhine, later becoming a founding member of the VDP. Anchored in Nackenheim, the estate comprises approximately 29 to 31 hectares centered along the legendary Roter Hang ('Red Slope'). This dramatic geological formation is dominated by 280-million-year-old Permian red shale, clay, and slate (Rotliegend), which imbues the vines with unmatched mineral depth, phenolic tension, and warmth reflected from the adjacent river. Sixth-generation winegrower Johannes Hasselbach took the helm in 2016, ushering in certified organic farming, spontaneous fermentations, and a paradigm shift toward tension, lower alcohol, and transparency. Benchmark expressions range from the precise, off-dry Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett and bone-dry Grosse Gewächse from Nackenheimer Rothenberg and Niersteiner Pettenthal to world-renowned auction-grade Auslesen and Trockenbeerenauslesen.
🍇 Grapes
100% Riesling
🍷 ABV
10.5% - 11.5%