Wines

Kauer Riesling & TORNADO

Our Kauer Riesling and Spätburgunder Weißherbst TORNADO exemplify our philosophy of quality. The Riesling grapes come mainly from Beulsberg in Urbar. It is an uncomplicated fine fruity dry Riesling and is available most years in Kabinett quality. With a maximum of 12% alcohol, it is capable of providing much enjoyment.

Our TORNADO, a product of one of nature’s bad moods, is a Spätburgunder from the Weinhelle lightly pressed after only brief skin contact. The real tornado that raged through Oberwesel on 27 July 2005 almost completely devastated the harvest. The few surviving Spätburgunder grapes were only suitable for producing a Weißherbst – a red wine was out of the question. Defiantly we called that meagre remainder wine TORNADO 27/07. Unexpectedly, it was so well received that we have made a TORNADO every year since then – but now using fully ripe, healthy grapes.

NO.	Description
1	2017 TORNADO                   dry Pinot Noir - rose
2	2017 Kauer Riesling          dry Qualitätswein

Riesling Kabinett

We particularly like producing light Riesling Kabinett wines in the dry and medium dry categories. They are the perfect companions to lively conversation at evening time; animating wines that make you cheerful rather than tired. As a rule, we aim for an alcohol content between 10.5% and 11.5%.

NO.	Description
3	2017 Kloster Fürstental        dry Riesling Kabinett
4	2017 Wolfshöhle                      dry Riesling Kabinett
6	2017 Kloster Fürstental          medium-dry Riesling Kabinett
17	2016 Fürstenberg                    fruity Riesling Kabinett

Riesling Spätlese

The true “terroir-ists” among the Rieslings are the dry late harvest wines made from largely healthy grapes with a maximum of 13% vol. alcohol. These wines reflect their origins particularly impressively and are the right partners for almost any menu. They are harvested towards the end of autumn, much later than the Kabinett wines. This is particularly conducive to the development of the aroma. In addition to the dry variations, we also make medium dry and fruity-sweet late harvest wines. We recommend these to accompany Asian food especially, and everything that is spicy and fruity.

NO.	Description
5	2017 Oelsberg                      dry Riesling Spätlese - Old Vines -
14	2016 Oelsberg                      dry Riesling Spätlese
15	2016 Kloster Fürstental           dry Riesling Spätlese - old vines -
18	2015 Kloster Fürstental          dry Riesling Spätlese - Old vines -
7	2017 Oelsberg                      medium-dry Riesling Spätlese
8	2017 Fürstenberg                     fruity Riesling Spätlese

Riesling Auslese & Beerenauslese

If the year and the autumn weather play along, then we are happy to take the time to hand-select the dried noble-rot Riesling berries to make noble-sweet Auslese or Beerenauslese wines. We regard these as wonderful gifts of nature, unbeatable as dessert wines and capable of being stored for extremely long periods.

Sparkling Wines

The Middle Rhine location and the Riesling grape variety are always guarantors of sparkling wines that are vivacious, especially fine-beaded and delicately aromatic. For almost 30 years we have been fostering the classical bottle fermentation process. We consider it important for sparkling wine to be stored on the yeast for a long period of time, which is why only small batches are shaken and disgorged after one year at the earliest. You can find out the duration of the yeast storage for the current batch from our current list.

Spätburgunder Red Wine

Now and then we also make a batch of red wine from our small Spätburgunder vineyard. Here too, our aspiration is to tease out the characteristics of this grape variety, irrespective of fashionable trends. Our Spätburgunder wines are stored for at least one year not in barrique, but in a traditional 600-litre oak cask, and more than 13% vol. alcohol is really not necessary. In terms of taste, ours is more a “light summer red wine”.

High Spirits

Using the year’s best pomace or marc, we have our Bacharach colleague and friend Rolf Heidrich distil a fine marc of Riesling (Trester) which we store in our cellar for at least one year or more in a new wooden cask made of Hunsrück oak. As a result, it develops a golden yellow tinge and a fine soft taste.

Martina also prepares a liqueur-like “Trester with herbs and honey”, which can easily lead to compulsive drinking.