Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling TBA Goldkapsel
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2075
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, artisanal fruit tarts, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
The Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) Goldkapsel represents the absolute pinnacle of sweet wine craftsmanship from the Gunderloch estate. Sourced from the legendary Nackenheimer Rothenberg vineyard on the 'Roter Hang' (Red Slope), the vines dig deep into iron-rich, red clay-slate soils that impart a unique, smoky minerality. To produce this rare nectar, botrytized grapes are painstakingly harvested berry-by-berry by hand, selecting only those completely shriveled by noble rot. This extreme concentration of sugars and acids yields a wine of astonishing intensity, complexity, and balance. The 'Goldkapsel' designation denotes an auction-reserve tier of exceptional quality. Historically, German TBAs from such esteemed slopes have been celebrated as liquid gold, treasured by collectors worldwide for their ethereal depth and near-immortal aging capacity.
🍾 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.