Rudesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea bass, roasted pork belly, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from one of the Rheingau's most dramatic landscapes, the Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland is a legendary steep-slope vineyard situated at the bend of the Rhine River. The name 'Rottland' derives from the old German word 'roden' or 'reuten', referring to the clearing of forest land for viticulture that dates back to the 11th century. Here, the vines cling to steep, south-facing terraces composed of weathered slate, quartzite, and gravel. This unique terroir, combined with the intense sunlight reflected off the river, coaxes an extraordinary level of ripeness and mineral complexity from the Riesling grape. Weingut Künstler masterfully captures this terroir in their Grosses Gewächs (GG) bottling, employing traditional fermentation and aging in large neutral oak casks. The resulting wine is a powerful, dry masterpiece, balancing rich stone fruit and citrus zest with a profound, smoky, flint-like minerality and a vibrant, long-lived structure.
🍾 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%