Josephshofer Riesling Spatlese
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 25 years from the vintage release, as it develops complex petrol, honeyed, and dried fruit notes with age.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly with apple compote, or artisanal blue cheese.
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 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.