Graacher Riesling Trocken
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 8 years from the vintage release, though top vintages can develop beautifully for over a decade.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Pan-seared freshwater trout, classic Wiener Schnitzel, or mildly spiced Thai stir-fry.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Hailing from the steep, sun-drenched slopes of Graach in the Middle Mosel, the Graacher Riesling Trocken is a masterful expression of village-level terroir. The soils here are dominated by weathered Devonian blue slate, which imparts a distinctive, smoky minerality and flinty character to the wine. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt, with its centuries of winemaking heritage, crafts this dry Riesling to showcase the pure, vibrant essence of the grape. Fermented cool in stainless steel to preserve its aromatic intensity, the wine reveals classic notes of green apple, white peach, and wild herbs, underpinned by a bracing, electric acidity. The historic village of Graach is legendary for producing wines of immense structure and longevity, and this dry bottling beautifully captures that tension between ripe stone fruit and cool, stony minerality.
🍾 wine.about_producer
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.