Rudesheimer Magdalenenkrenz TBA
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roquefort or Stilton blue cheese, seared foie gras with quince compote, tarte Tatin
✨ Technical Specifications
Originating from the Magdalenenkreuz vineyard in Rüdesheim (often historically referred to as Magdalenenkreuz), this Trockenbeerenauslese represents the pinnacle of botrytized dessert winemaking. The site features sandy loam, loess, and quartzite soils situated on gentle lower slopes that promote early morning mists followed by warm afternoons, creating ideal conditions for noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Harvest requires laborious, berry-by-berry manual selection of shriveled fruit with ultra-concentrated sugar levels. Fermentation proceeds very slowly due to extreme osmotic pressure, often arrested naturally at low alcohol levels, and is matured in neutral stainless steel or traditional neutral German oak casks to preserve pristine purity, electrifying acidity, and multi-layered honeyed intensity.
🍾 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
5-7%