Bernkasteler Doctor Riesling Auslese
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Typically best enjoyed 10 to 35 years from the vintage release, as its intense sweetness and vibrant acidity harmonize beautifully over decades of cellar aging.
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Blue cheese, glazed roasted duck, or fruit-based desserts like peach tart.
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The Bernkasteler Doctor is one of the wine world's most legendary vineyards, a brutally steep, south-facing slope of devonian blue slate rising majestically above the town of Bernkastel. According to a famous 14th-century legend, Prince-Bishop Boemund II of Trier was cured of a terminal illness not by his physicians, but by drinking a cask of wine from this very hill, leading him to declare the vineyard the 'true doctor.' Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt's Auslese from this historic site is a masterclass in Mosel Riesling. Crafted from meticulously hand-selected, botrytis-affected grapes, the wine undergoes a slow, cool fermentation to preserve its delicate aromatics. It beautifully captures the site's unique microclimate and slate terroir, balancing luscious, concentrated sweetness with a piercing, mineral-driven acidity.
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With a winemaking legacy spanning over 650 years since its establishment in 1349, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is one of the Mosel region's most historic and prestigious estates. Based at the majestic Schloss Marienlay in Morscheid, Germany, the estate was long held by the imperial counts of Kesselstatt before being acquired by the Günther Reh family in 1978, who elevated its global reputation under the visionary leadership of the late Annegret Reh-Gartner. The winery is uniquely distinguished by its exceptional vineyard holdings across all three of the region's river valleys—the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer—including the legendary monopole Josephshof in Graach, as well as prime parcels in Scharzhofberg and Kaseler Nies'chen. Embracing sustainable viticulture and minimal-intervention cellar practices, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt produces world-class, mineral-driven Rieslings that beautifully articulate their diverse terroirs, ranging from precise, vibrant Kabinetts to legendary, long-lived Trockenbeerenauslese expressions.