Rudesheimer Bischofsberg Riesling TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2030 - 2080
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, foie gras, apricot tart
✨ Technical Specifications
The Rüdesheimer Bischofsberg, or 'Bishop's Mountain,' takes its name from the historical influence of the Archbishops of Mainz, who held sway over the Rheingau's viticultural landscape for centuries. Situated on a gentle slope rising above the Rhine, the Bischofsberg vineyard features deep, fertile soils composed of loess, loam, and quartzite. This unique soil composition retains moisture effectively, which, when combined with the humid autumn mists rising from the nearby river, creates the perfect incubator for Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot. Weingut Leitz harnesses this natural phenomenon in exceptional vintages to craft their Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA). The process is an exercise in extreme patience and labor: pickers meticulously harvest individual, shriveled, botrytized berries by hand. The resulting nectar is fermented slowly, yielding an incredibly concentrated, luscious sweet wine where intense honeyed richness is brilliantly balanced by the electric, mineral-driven acidity characteristic of Rheingau Riesling.
🍾 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)
5.5% - 7%