Rudesheimer Kirchenpfad Riesling Beerenauslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit tarts, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
The Rüdesheimer Kirchenpfad, or 'church path,' is a historic vineyard slope in the Rheingau whose name evokes the ancient path locals walked to the parish church. Situated on gentle to steep south-southeast facing slopes, this site benefits from a microclimate that highly favors the development of Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot. Weingut Leitz exploits this terroir to craft their rare Beerenauslese, a sweet wine produced only in exceptional vintages. The grapes are painstakingly harvested by hand, berry by shriveled berry, selecting only those concentrated by noble rot. The resulting wine is a masterclass in balance, where the intense, honeyed sweetness of the botrytized fruit is perfectly countered by the piercing, vibrant 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