Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, apricot tart, rich duck pâté
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Ockfener Bockstein, a steep, south-southwest-facing amphitheater in the Saar valley, this Riesling Auslese represents the pinnacle of cool-climate sweet winemaking. The vineyard's name is steeped in local folklore, conjuring images of wild goats leaping across the rugged, gravelly Devonian slate cliffs. This unique terroir, combined with the estate's meticulous hand-selection of botrytised grapes, yields a wine of extraordinary complexity. Fermented in neutral oak Fuder and stainless steel, it beautifully balances rich notes of candied peach, honeyed apricot, and wild herbs with the Saar's trademark electric acidity and a distinct, smoky mineral finish.
🍾 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.