Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 15 years from the vintage release, though top vintages can easily develop and reward cellaring for 20 years or more.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, roasted pork belly, and fresh crab cakes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the legendary Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar valley, this Riesling Kabinett represents the pinnacle of cool-climate viticulture. The vineyard's deep, weathered grey Devonian slate soils and exposure to cold winds yield grapes with an extraordinary balance of ripe fruit and bracing acidity. Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt's expression of this grand cru site is crafted with minimal intervention, capturing the crystalline purity and intense minerality that Scharzhofberg is famous for. The Kabinett style strikes a delicate harmony between subtle natural sweetness and a vibrant, electric spine of acidity, offering notes of green apple, white peach, and wet stone.
🍾 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.