Josephshofer Riesling GG
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage, though top years can develop beautifully for two decades or more.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
pan-seared trout, roasted pork belly, veal schnitzel
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The Josephshof is one of the Mosel's most legendary monopole vineyards, located in the village of Graach and owned exclusively by Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt since 1858. Originally belonging to the Abbey of Saint Martin in Trier, this historic site features deep, moisture-retaining Devonian slate soils with a high proportion of clay. This unique terroir yields a dry Grosses Gewachs (GG) Riesling of remarkable power, texture, and spicy complexity, distinct from the lighter, more floral styles of neighboring sites. Fermented dry with indigenous yeasts and aged on its fine lees, this wine beautifully marries the intense minerality of the Mosel with a rich, structured palate, showcasing notes of stone fruit, wild herbs, and a signature smoky, flinty undertone.
🍾 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.