Josephshofer Riesling Kabinett Versteigerung Nr39
⏳ Drinking Window
While delightfully vibrant and expressive in its youth, this auction-grade Kabinett possesses extraordinary aging potential and is typically best enjoyed 8 to 25 years from the vintage.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai or Sichuan cuisine, roasted duck with plum sauce, and artisanal blue cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Josephshofer Riesling Kabinett Versteigerung represents the absolute pinnacle of Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt's winemaking, sourced exclusively from their historic monopole vineyard, the Josephshof in Graach. This legendary site, once owned by the Abbey of St. Martin in Trier before being acquired by the Kesselstatt family in 1858, features deep, iron-rich Devonian slate soils with a unique clay component. This terroir imparts a signature weight, spice, and stone-fruit character to the Riesling, beautifully balanced by the electric acidity typical of the Mosel. The 'Versteigerung' (Auction) designation indicates an elite, highly limited lot selected for the prestigious annual VDP Grosser Ring auction. Vinified with minimal intervention, often in traditional oak Fuder, this Kabinett captures a breathtaking tension between delicate natural sweetness, intense minerality, and vibrant, dancing acidity.
🍾 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