Josephshofer Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly with apple compote, or artisanal blue cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Josephshofer vineyard is one of the Mosel's most legendary monopoles, held exclusively by Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt since 1858. Located in the village of Graach, this historic site was originally owned by the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin in Trier before secularization in the Napoleonic era. Unlike the steep, skeletal slate slopes nearby, the Josephshof features deep, weathered Devonian slate soils enriched with clay, which imparts a distinctive weight, spicy complexity, and stone-fruit richness to the Riesling. The Spätlese is crafted from late-harvested, perfectly ripe grapes, fermented slowly to balance natural residual sweetness with a spine of electric, slate-driven acidity. This wine represents a harmonious marriage of historic monastic terroir and meticulous modern winemaking, resulting in a Riesling of profound depth, exotic fruit notes, and a signature smoky minerality.
🍾 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.