Name: Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
Brand: Weingut Kees-Kieren
SKU: 30

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Da die Ansprüche an unsere Trockenbeerenauslese sehr hoch sind, stellen wir sie nur in Jahrgängen her die optimale Bedingungen geliefert haben. Die Trauben werden mehrfach handselektiert bis nur noch einzelne überreife Beeren übrig bleiben. Diese werden dann in einer sehr kleinen Presse gekeltert. Anschließend vergärt der Most in kleinen 25 Liter Glasballons. Die winzigen Mengen und der hohe Arbeitsaufwand machen den Wein so kostbar. Zudem gibt es kaum einen Wein mit einer solchen Aromendichte und Komplexität.

Awards

Goldene Kammerpreismünze

Best of Riesling 2020: 93 Punkte

Vinum Riesling Champion: 3. Platz Kategorie Edelsüß

Characteristics

Rebsorte

Riesling

Ausbau

Trockenbeerenauslese

Verschluss

Korken

Charakter

Edelsüß

Lage

Graacher Himmelreich

Restzucker

334,5g/l

Säure

11,0g/l

Alkohol

6,0%

Graacher Himmelreich

The Graacher Himmelreich (Graacher heaven) can be found high up on the slope above Graach and is classified by the VDP as a Große Lage. In many areas not quite as steep as the Graacher Domprobst, the locations do not differ much. Because of the topography, the Himmelreich is microclimatically favored. The vineyards are very sheltered from wind and frost, with optimal exposure to the sun.

The ground is very deep and crossed by water veins. A high proportion of clay minerals paired with the profundity produces very strong and broad-shouldered wines, which also bring a high minerality with graceful elegance.

Since most of our vineyards are located in the Graacher sites, the spectrum of our wines ranges from racy dry to golden-yellow Trockenbeerenauslese. Convince yourself of the top class of the site.

Riesling

Riesling is the most important German grape variety and at the same time our hobbyhorse. Riesling reflects the terroir like no other wine - in all consistency, in all flavors. And this is exactly what makes the cultivation of Riesling as a grape variety and the production of Riesling wines so fascinating and exciting. The Riesling enables us to bring the character of a vineyard into the bottle with all its facets and this is exactly our passion.

The Riesling as a grape variety prefers climatically cooler wine-growing regions like the ones we have on the Mosel. Generally, the Riesling is a slowly ripening grape variety (in the 80s the Riesling is often not fully ripened). On the steep slopes of the Mosel you will find optimal conditions for achieving physiological ripeness, in which the intensive aroma formation takes place. The steep slopes have a very good orientation to the sun, which favors the ripening process in months of September and October. On the other hand, the slate stores the daytime heat very well and releases it back to the vines at night. The Mosel as some kind of heat store does the rest.

Our Mosel Rieslings convince with a fine citrus-fruit aroma and balanced sweet-acid play. The wines have received numerous awards and are of exceptional quality. Our spectrum of Riesling ranges from racy dry wines to the liquid gold from the steep slopes, the Trockenbeerenauslese.

Trockenbeerenauslese

Only hand-picked and selected raisin-like grapes are used for the Trockenbeerenauslese. Trockenbeerenauslese is the highest level in the Prädikatssystem, an absolute superlative in the noble sweet range. The golden colour and low viscosity remind of liquid gold and is something for absolute connoisseurs of the high-carat fruit sweetness. It can be stored for a particularly long time and gains in expression and harmony as it matures.

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