Weingut von Othegraven
Bockstein Kabinett Riesling
Mosel, Germany
Tonight, we’re taking a sensory trip to one of Germany’s most northerly wine-producing regions; care to join us? 🇩🇪
We’re headed to the Mosel and, more specifically, the Grosse Lage (like a “grand cru”) vineyard of Bockstein, Ockfen situated in the Saar Valley (southwest) of Mosel, near the border of Luxembourg. Mosel is one of Germany’s coolest and most marginal climates where the quality of the vineyard site is imperative to achieving full ripeness of the fruit. 🍇 🌞
Here we have a 2010 Kabinett Riesling produced by Weingut von Othegraven, a member of the prestigious Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP) association. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You know it’s a member of the VDP because of the logo on the capsule, which shows an eagle bearing a bunch of grapes. 🦅
As a “Kabinett” wine, the grapes must have satisfied certain minimum criteria (e.g., a minimum must weight), indicating an assured ripeness and concentration of the fruit at harvest. With a low alcohol of 8.5% ABV, one would rightly expect this wine to have residual sugar (sweetness).
We chose to pair this gorgeous deep gold wine with a medium-spice, tuna poké served over avocado and jasmine rice; this dish was screaming for a complementary dimension of vibrant fruit (e.g., yellow apple, pear, quince, lime zest), a little sweetness (honeyed, dried apricot notes), complexity (smokiness, wet stone, petrol), and mouth-watering acidity, adding lift (not heaviness), which is working out deliciously 🥂🥂
Tonight, we’re taking a sensory trip to one of Germany’s most northerly wine-producing regions; care to join us? 🇩🇪
We’re headed to the Mosel and, more specifically, the Grosse Lage (like a “grand cru”) vineyard of Bockstein, Ockfen situated in the Saar Valley (southwest) of Mosel, near the border of Luxembourg. Mosel is one of Germany’s coolest and most marginal climates where the quality of the vineyard site is imperative to achieving full ripeness of the fruit. 🍇 🌞
Here we have a 2010 Kabinett Riesling produced by Weingut von Othegraven, a member of the prestigious Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP) association. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You know it’s a member of the VDP because of the logo on the capsule, which shows an eagle bearing a bunch of grapes. 🦅
As a “Kabinett” wine, the grapes must have satisfied certain minimum criteria (e.g., a minimum must weight), indicating an assured ripeness and concentration of the fruit at harvest. With a low alcohol of 8.5% ABV, one would rightly expect this wine to have residual sugar (sweetness).
We chose to pair this gorgeous deep gold wine with a medium-spice, tuna poké served over avocado and jasmine rice; this dish was screaming for a complementary dimension of vibrant fruit (e.g., yellow apple, pear, quince, lime zest), a little sweetness (honeyed, dried apricot notes), complexity (smokiness, wet stone, petrol), and mouth-watering acidity, adding lift (not heaviness), which is working out deliciously 🥂🥂
