2022 KALLSTADTER RIESLING KABINETT TROCKEN

TRY ME IF YOU LOVE: Dry Riesling

ABV: 10.5%

GRAPES: 100% Riesling

TASTING NOTES: Rich with some opulence and spicy baked apple and soft pink grapefruit. Hints of orange and lovely acidity with a bone dry finish. Excellent bone dry Riesling thats also great value

PAIRS WITH: Great on its own but also with anything thats been smoked or has a light spice.

SERVE ME : Serve chilled. Pop it in the fridge for a couple of hours. 

The Spätlese and Auslese Trocken designations mean a lot here (not surprising considering they practically invented them) – so much so that they pulled out of the VDP when authorities banned the practice of declaring both the pradikat and the word trocken on a label at the same time. Estate manager Dominik Sona’s decision was in keeping with the uncompromising ethos of previous long-time domaine owner, Bernd Philippi, who he worked alongside before taking over in 2012.

Dominik's approach, he says, makes them "the last of the mohicans": Koehler-Ruprecht’s whole production is made using traditional techniques, with spontaneous fermentations in old oak casks with extended lees contact, before ageing in large-format, centenarian barrels.