Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Kabinett
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed from 3 to 15 years after the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can cellar gracefully for decades.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed pork belly, and fresh sushi or sashimi.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Gunderloch Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Kabinett is a quintessential expression of the legendary 'Roter Hang' (Red Slope) in Rheinhessen. This steep, east-facing vineyard is famous for its iron-rich, red clay-slate soils, which absorb the sun's heat and impart a distinctive smoky minerality and vibrant stone fruit character to the Riesling grapes. Crafted in the traditional off-dry Kabinett style, this wine beautifully balances natural residual sweetness with a piercing, electric acidity. Gunderloch's history with the Rothenberg vineyard dates back to the estate's founding in 1890 by Carl Gunderloch, and this bottling continues to showcase the family's dedication to capturing the tension, purity, and low-alcohol elegance that defines world-class German Kabinett.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1890 by banker Carl Gunderloch, Weingut Gunderloch is an esteemed estate located in Nackenheim along the Rhine in Germany's Rheinhessen region. Now meticulously stewarded across generations by the Hasselbach family, the estate is renowned for its historic holdings in the steep, red-slate terraces of the famous Roter Hang, particularly the grand cru Nackenheimer Rothenberg. Practicing attentive, terroir-focused viticulture, the winery crafts exceptional, mineral-driven Rieslings that span crystalline dry single-vineyard bottlings to legendary, long-lived noble sweet dessert wines such as Auslese and Trockenbeerenauslese. Gunderloch remains a benchmark of Rheinhessen winemaking, celebrated globally for its pure fruit expression, tension, and vibrant acidity.