Bottler: Winery Peter Jakob Kühn, Mühlstraße 70, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel / Germany
In the glass
Colour
Medium straw yellow.
Nose
Extract-rich and phenolic with notes of ripe apples, apple peel, sweet yeast, fine hops and tobacco, elegantly underpinned by floral nuances of peony.
Palate
Silky and juicy on the palate with ripe stone fruit, pear and lemon, carried by a salty vein, fine grip and a delicate, creamy texture combined with a taut, driving energy.
Character
An incredibly casual and elegant solitaire that, despite its dense richness, possesses a wonderfully animating freshness and enormous length.
Pairing
Excellent with scallop skewers in lemon shio koji, baked white asparagus in soba shiru tamari, or meagre in a broth of yellow tomatoes, ginger and fermented garlic.
Notes
Demeter-certified and matured in traditional Stockinger wooden casks; the Jungfer vineyard site benefits from cool, weathered quartzite soil, which lends the wine its fine, salty structure.
Tasting note
Colour & Appearance
A clear, medium straw yellow in the glass.
Nose
On the nose, this Riesling is wonderfully phenolic and rich in extract. It exudes aromas of fine sweet yeast, a touch of hops and tobacco, elegantly underlaid by floral notes reminiscent of peonies. These are joined by aromas of fully ripe grapes as well as apples and apple peel. An extremely tightly woven, juicy and inviting opening.
Palate
On the palate, this Grosses Gewächs presents itself as incredibly sensual, silky and salty. The ripe fruit is reminiscent of apples, pears, juicy stone fruit and fresh lemon. Despite its creamy texture, the wine shows a firm grip, a tight structure and plenty of extract. It possesses a fascinating nonchalance: while many top-tier Rieslings often seem austere, the Jungfer combines a precise structure with an inviting richness.
Finish
A long-lasting finish, carried by a fine juiciness and the elegant, cooler structure of the vineyard site.
Terroir & Origin
The Hallgartener Jungfer is situated at around 220 metres above sea level directly above the Doosberg in the Rheingau. The south-east-facing vineyard is slightly cooler. The soil consists of weathered material from the Rheingau mountains with a high proportion of quartzite, mixed with loess-loam.
Grape Variety & Vinification
100% Riesling. Maturation takes place in a specially purchased Stockinger wooden cask. As the wine matures in the same cask every year, the influence of the wood is barely perceptible in the finished wine. Farming is carried out according to strict Demeter guidelines under the direction of Peter Bernhard and Viktoria Kühn.
Food Pairings
Excellent with meagre in a broth of yellow tomatoes, ginger and fermented garlic, with skewers of scallops fermented in Lemon Shijo Koji, or with vegetarian white asparagus fermented in Soba Shiru Tamari and baked.
Special Features
This biodynamically produced single-vineyard wine from the Kühn family impressively demonstrates that biodynamic viticulture and absolute top quality in the Rheingau do not exclude each other, but rather go hand in hand. It captivates with its stylistic balance of fine creaminess and a tight, salty grip.
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