Riesling Kappelweg
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Choucroute garnie, roasted pork with orchard fruit, mature Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic lieu-dit of Kappelweg in Rorschwihr, this Riesling is a testament to the ancient marl and limestone soils that have been revered since the medieval era when local monasteries mapped these prized slopes. The name Kappelweg, meaning 'chapel path,' evokes the spiritual and agricultural heritage of Alsace. Rolly Gassmann's interpretation of this terroir is legendary; they allow the grapes to achieve optimal, late-harvest ripeness, resulting in a texturally rich, off-dry style balanced by a spine of electric acidity. In accordance with the domaine's patient philosophy, the wine is aged extensively in their historic cellars, emerging only when its complex bouquet of candied citrus, petrol, white flowers, and deep stony minerality has fully harmonized.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine Rolly Gassmann emerged in 1967 through the marriage of Marie-Thérèse Rolly and Louis Gassmann, unifying two families with winemaking lineages in Alsace dating to 1676 and 1611 respectively. Situated in Rorschwihr along the complex Ribeauvillé fault line, the estate commands over 50 hectares characterized by a mosaic of 21 distinct limestone-dominant subsoil profiles. Opting out of the Alsace Grand Cru hierarchy in favor of expressing traditional historic lieux-dits, current winemaker Pierre Gassmann operates strictly within biodynamic rhythms. The viticultural approach champions late physiological and phenological harvesting, intentionally courting noble rot across micro-parcels. In the cellar, natural fermentations proceed unhurried for four to six months. Celebrated for an obsessive dedication to bottle maturation, Rolly Gassmann stores millions of bottles in a state-of-the-art multi-level cellar before commercial release. The benchmark portfolio spans opulent, long-lived expressions from lieux-dits such as Silberberg, Kappelweg, and Pflaenzerreben, alongside lusciously concentrated Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling