Josephshofer Riesling TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2070
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, tart, foie gras, apricot galette
✨ Technical Specifications
The Josephshof is a historic monopole vineyard in Graach, owned exclusively by Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt since 1858, though its viticultural roots trace back to the medieval Abbey of St. Martin in Trier. This steep slope of weathered Devonian slate yields Riesling of extraordinary power and spicy minerality. For the rare Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA), harvest workers painstakingly select individual, shriveled berries affected by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The resulting nectar is fermented slowly, yielding an incredibly concentrated, luscious sweet wine. It beautifully balances opulent honeyed, apricot, and exotic fruit flavors with the Mosel's signature electric acidity, ensuring the wine remains vibrant and structured rather than cloying.
🍾 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.