Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2050
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit-based desserts like apple tart, and spicy glazed pork belly.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, or 'droplets of gold,' is one of the Mosel's most legendary grand cru vineyards, shaped like a dramatic, south-facing natural amphitheater that traps heat and coaxes Riesling to perfect ripeness. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt harnesses this unique microclimate and the steep, weathered Devonian slate soils to craft an exquisite Auslese. Historically, this site has been revered since Roman times, with ancient press houses discovered nearby testifying to its millennia-old winemaking heritage. The wine is made from late-harvested, often botrytis-affected grapes, meticulously hand-selected. Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel to preserve its pristine fruit character, this Auslese beautifully balances luscious natural sweetness with a piercing, vibrant acidity. It offers a complex sensory tapestry of candied peach, dried apricot, wild honey, and a distinct, smoky slate minerality.
🍾 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.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Riesling