Rudesheimer Kirchenpfad Riesling Beerenauslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic foie gras torchon, Roquefort or Stilton blue cheeses, and warm apricot tart with citrus crème fraîche.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the Rüdesheimer Kirchenpfad, an Erste Lage site positioned on gentle south-facing slopes just below the steeper mountain terraces, this noble dessert wine benefits from loess-loam and quartzite soils that foster balanced botrytis cinerea. Morning river mists off the Rhine encourage noble rot while afternoon sun exposure desiccates the berries, concentrating sugars, tartaric acid, and aromatic precursors. Vinification involves strict manual hand-selection berry by berry, gentle pressing, and an extremely slow fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel or traditional neutral casks to preserve intense aromatic purity without masking the vineyard's fine mineral imprint.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Leitz traces its familial viticultural ancestry back to 1744, though its modern renaissance commenced in 1985 when Johannes Leitz assumed control of the war-ravaged, 2.9-hectare family estate in Rüdesheim am Rhein. Through meticulous parcel acquisition and restoration of steep, historic slate and quartzite terraces, Leitz transformed the domaine into a premier Rheingau reference point. The estate's premier holdings encompass celebrated VDP.Grosse Lagen crus on the dramatic south-facing slopes of the Rüdesheimer Berg, including Berg Schlossberg, Berg Roseneck, Berg Kaisersteinfels, and Berg Rottland Hinterhaus. Farming is conducted sustainably under FAIR'N GREEN certification, employing green cover crops, pomace composting, and manual slope work. Cellar practices combine spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel and neutral Stückfass casks, yielding dry Rieslings characterized by crystalline minerality, razor-sharp tension, and phenolic depth, alongside innovative benchmarks such as the non-alcoholic Eins Zwei Zero portfolio.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling
🍷 ABV
7% - 8.5%