Kostheim Weiss Erd Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea bass, roasted pork belly, creamy poultry dishes
✨ Technical Specifications
The Kostheimer Weiss Erd (White Earth) vineyard owes its name to its unique, light-colored marl clay soils rich in limestone, which reflect the sun's warmth and impart a distinctive creamy texture and intense minerality to the wine. Situated near the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers, this VDP.Grosse Lage site benefits from a unique microclimate. Weingut Künstler crafts this Grosses Gewächs (GG) Riesling using traditional methods, including gentle pressing, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, and extended maturation on the lees in large, neutral oak casks (Stückfass). The resulting wine is a powerful, dry Riesling that beautifully balances opulent stone fruit flavors with a vibrant, chalky acidity and a long, salty finish. This bottling represents the pinnacle of dry Rheingau Riesling, showcasing the historical depth and terroir of one of the region's oldest wine-growing villages.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Künstler traces an illustrious family winemaking lineage to 1648 in southern Moravia, before Franz Künstler re-established the estate in Hochheim am Main in 1965 following post-war expulsion. Gunter Künstler assumed direction in 1992, elevating the domaine into one of Germany's preeminent dry Riesling benchmarks and earning VDP membership in 1994. Spanning approximately 50 hectares, Künstler's vineyard portfolio centers on Hochheim's warm eastern Rheingau mesoclimate, featuring loess, loam, and mineral-dense limestone marl sloping down to the Main River, complemented by holdings in Rüdesheim and Assmannshausen. Viticulture is practiced under certified Fair'n Green sustainable standards, marked by meticulous canopy management, low yields, and strict selective hand-harvesting. Cellar work emphasizes slow, gentle pressing and extended lees maturation in traditional large neutral oak casks and stainless steel, capturing formidable textural richness alongside crystalline acidity. The estate is celebrated for power-driven, long-lived VDP.Große Gewächse from legendary sites including Hochheimer Hölle, Hochheimer Kirchenstück, and Assmannshäuser Höllenberg Spätburgunder.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%