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Hochheimer Kirchenstück Riesling Kabinett Trocken, Künstler - 2021

Name: Hochheimer Kirchenstück Riesling Kabinett Trocken, Künstler
Brand: Künstler
SKU: 11140
Price: 39.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 11140 750mL

From the Grand Cru vineyards of Kirchenstueck which has a heavy bedrock of limestone along with loess, loam and sand. A dry and unctuous Riesling you can hold or drink today. Pairs well with rich fish dishes.

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$479.88 $431.89/ Case of 12

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Color

White

Vintage

2021

Country

Germany

Region

Rheingau

Producer

Künstler

Grape Variety

Riesling

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Staff Pick Notes

The Rheingau is the birthplace of Riesling and it’s tough to imagine an environment more favorable for showcasing the grape’s potential. But the region’s storied reputation has taken a bit of a hit in recent decades, driven largely by complacency among elite growers. Thankfully, producers like Künstler quietly toil away, year in and year out rendering wines of exquisite nobility. The Hochheimer Kirchenstück Riesling Kabinett is a textural marvel. I suspect that if it were possible to uncoil each sip there'd be enough surface area to cover a ball field. It's also a spot on example of a dry riesling that has earned its balanced ripeness fair and square in the vineyard.

- JAM

Glossary

Germany

German wines are some of the most jubilantly fruity bottles in the world. The country's Rieslings have been prized worldwide for centuries, yet they have never quite caught on in the U.S.: this no doubt due to Germany’s arcane system of wine classification. The most useful words to know on German wine labels are “Kabinett,” which indicates an outstanding everyday wine, and “trocken,” which means “dry.” As far as dessert wines go, a half-bottle of German Eiswein is so potent that you'll be able...

Riesling

Though the trend is now in the other direction, for many years Riesling was known for producing wines with little alcohol and some residual sugar - too sweet for many modern wine drinkers. Though it's now cultivated worldwide, Riesling is nearly synonymous with German wine, and that country's winemakers have lately begun to produce some very exciting dry versions. They are careful to retain the delightful honeyed, flinty flavors that the best sweet Rieslings have always displayed. Alsace, of...