Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling BA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, apricot tart, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
The Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg is legendary as the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau, where dramatic slate and quartzite slopes plunge at angles of up to 70 degrees toward the Rhine River. Towering over this majestic landscape are the medieval ruins of Ehrenfels Castle, which lends its name to the 'Schlossberg' site. In this extreme microclimate, the river acts as a giant mirror, reflecting sunlight and warmth onto the vines, while the dark slate soils absorb heat by day and radiate it back by night. For this rare Beerenauslese (BA), Johannes Leitz and his team undergo a painstaking, berry-by-berry selection process in the vineyard, harvesting only those grapes perfectly shriveled by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The resulting wine is a masterpiece of tension, balancing intense, honeyed sweetness with the electric, mineral-driven acidity that only ancient slate soils and the Riesling grape can provide.
🍾 About the Producer
With family viticultural heritage in Rüdesheim tracing back to 1744, Weingut Leitz began a dynamic modern era when Johannes Leitz took helm of the family estate in 1985. Through uncompromising dedication to quality, he transformed a modest 2.9-hectare holding into an internationally celebrated powerhouse focused on prime steep-slope parcels across the Rüdesheimer Berg, including iconic grand cru sites such as Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck, and Berg Rottland. The estate's philosophy emphasizes meticulous vineyard stewardship and gentle cellar intervention to capture the slate- and quartzite-rich terroir with absolute purity and energy. Weingut Leitz is globally acclaimed for its multifaceted range of Rieslings, spanning razor-sharp dry single-vineyard bottlings, luxurious noble sweet Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein expressions, as well as refined Pinot Noirs and sparkling wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
6-8%