# Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn Riesling Trocken Quarz & Schiefer (2023)

- **Producer:** Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Riesling
- **Region:** Rheingau, Germany
- **Style:** Classic
- **Alcohol:** 12.0%
- **Average price:** €25
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 8–10 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** lemon, peach, lime, herbaceous, smoke

## About this wine

Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn represents over 230 years and 11 generations of winemaking heritage in Oestrich, Rheingau. Managed by Peter Bernhard and Viktoria Kühn, the estate is a renowned pioneer of biodynamic viticulture in Germany, certified Demeter since 2004. This Ortswein cuvée highlights the distinctive quartzite and slate subsoils of Oestrich's top hillside sites, including Doosberg, Lenchen, and Klosterberg, reflecting the pure geological identity of the region.

## Interesting facts

- Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn has been family-owned for 11 generations across more than 230 years.
- The winery was an early pioneer of biodynamic farming in Germany, receiving Demeter certification in 2004.
- The name Quarz & Schiefer highlights the rare Taunus quartzite and slate veins running through Oestrich's loess soils.

## Food pairing

The wine's chiseled, high acidity and crystalline salinity slice cleanly through rich seafood fats while complementing delicate herbs, citrus accents, and goat cheese.

## Wine making process

Harvested entirely by hand with rigorous selection, the grapes undergo gentle whole-cluster pressing followed by spontaneous fermentation using indigenous yeasts. The wine is aged for 10 months on full yeast lees in large traditional oak casks (Stückfass) and neutral stainless steel tanks. Winemaking follows minimal intervention principles, bottled unfined with minimal sulfur additions.