Oberemmeler Karlsberg Riesling Eiswein
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit tarts, or enjoyed on its own as a dessert.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, Devonian slate slopes of the Oberemmeler Karlsberg vineyard in the cool Saar valley, this rare Eiswein represents the pinnacle of extreme viticulture. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt harnesses the naturally chilly microclimate of the Saar to craft this liquid gold. Eiswein requires the grapes to freeze naturally on the vine, harvested in the freezing pre-dawn hours at temperatures of -7 degrees Celsius or lower. Because the water in the grapes freezes into ice crystals, pressing them yields an incredibly concentrated, sweet nectar balanced by the electric, vibrant acidity characteristic of the Saar's cool winds and slate soils. This 100% Riesling is a testament to patience, risk, and the historic estate's mastery over its diverse river valley terroirs.
🍾 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.