Graacher Josephshofer Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, glazed roast pork belly, and blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Graacher Josephshofer is one of the Mosel's most legendary monopole vineyards, held exclusively by Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt since 1858 when it was acquired from the secularized Abbey of St. Martin in Trier. This historic site, nestled between Graach and Wehlen, features deep, iron-rich Devonian slate soils that impart a unique, spicy minerality to the Riesling vines. The Spätlese expression from this vineyard is a masterclass in balance, showcasing luscious stone fruit flavors of ripe peach and apricot, interwoven with wild herbs, exotic spices, and a vibrant, life-giving acidity. Crafted with minimal intervention, often utilizing traditional large oak casks (Fuder) alongside stainless steel, this wine beautifully captures the tension between natural sweetness and slate-driven tension that defines great Mosel Riesling.
🍾 About the Producer
With a documented winemaking legacy dating back to 1349, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is one of the most historic and revered wine estates in Germany's Mosel region. Headquartered at Schloss Marienlay in the Ruwer valley and owned by the Reh family since 1978, the estate holds an extraordinary footprint spanning the three distinct river valleys of the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer. Dedicated almost exclusively to steep-slope Riesling cultivation, the winery stewards world-renowned VDP.Grosse Lage vineyard sites such as the Saar's Scharzhofberger, the Ruwer's Kaseler Nies'chen, and their historic Mosel monopole, Josephshöfer. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is celebrated for crafting site-expressive, mineral-driven Rieslings that range from vibrant dry expressions to profound, age-worthy noble sweet Prädikat wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling