Josephshofer Riesling Auslese Lange GK
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, fruit-based desserts
✨ Technical Specifications
The Josephshof is a legendary five-hectare monopole vineyard in Graach, held exclusively by Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt since its secularization and acquisition from the Abbey of St. Martin in Trier in 1858. This historic site features deep, heavy weathered Devonian slate soils with a high proportion of loam, which retains moisture and yields a richer, more powerful style of Riesling than neighboring Mosel sites. The 'Lange Goldkapsel' (Long Gold Capsule) designation represents the absolute pinnacle of the estate's Auslese production. Crafted only in exceptional vintages from meticulously hand-selected, botrytis-affected grapes, this 100% Riesling undergoes a slow, cool fermentation to preserve its intense concentration, striking minerality, and noble sweet complexity. It stands as a monument to traditional German winemaking heritage.
🍾 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.