Piesporter Domherr Riesling BA
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Typically best enjoyed 15 to 40 years from the vintage, though exceptional vintages can cellar gracefully for half a century or more.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Blue cheese, fruit-based tarts, rich pâté
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Hailing from the steep, amphitheater-like slopes of Piesport, the Piesporter Domherr vineyard is a historic site historically owned by the cathedral canons ('Domherren') of Trier. This south-facing parcel of Devonian slate benefits from an exceptional microclimate that fosters the development of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt crafts this rare Beerenauslese (BA) through the painstaking, berry-by-berry selection of shriveled, botrytized Riesling grapes. The resulting wine is a luscious, golden nectar of immense complexity, balancing decadent sweetness with the Mosel's signature electric acidity and a deep, slate-driven 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.