Tesch St. Remigiusberg
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The Tesch St. Remigiusberg is a dry, mineral-driven Riesling from the Nahe region of Germany, produced by Weingut Tesch from their small, volcanic vineyard site.
- The wine is characterized by intense, focused fruit flavors like green apple and citrus, with a saline, rocky minerality from its unique vineyard soil.
- Tesch has successfully produced a complex, structured, and long-aging wine that exhibits tension, purity, and a long, elegant finish.
- The Tesch family employs sustainable, environmentally friendly practices, forgoing herbicides, insecticides, and mineral fertilizers.
Varietal Composition: 100% Riesling
Elaboration: Grapes were carefully harvested by hand to ensure optimal quality. The wine was produced using a pied de cuve, a pre-fermentation technique involving spontaneous fermentation of a small batch of grapes to encourage the indigenous yeasts for the entire batch. The wine rests on its fine lees (spent yeast cells) for several months to gain complexity and texture.
Tasting Notes: This wine features a delicate bouquet of ripe red and yellow-skinned apples, with citrus notes of lime and lemon. It has a pure, saline character and complex flavors supported by vibrant acidity. Full-bodied yet elegant, it achieves excellent balance and offers a long, aromatic finish influenced by its volcanic terroir.
PRESS
2021 – 92 Wine Spectator | 95 James Suckling
2022 – 95 James Suckling | 94 Wine Advocate
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Since 1723, Weingut Tesch has been a family-owned winery in Langenlonsheim, located in the Nahe region of Southwest Germany. The year, 2023, marks the wine estate’s 300th year of winemaking excellence. The winery is known far and wide for its highly rated Rieslings.
Current owner, Dr. Martin Tesch, represents the eleventh generation of his family to lead the business. With a degree in microbiology, he started working for his parents in 1996 and took over when his father retired. In 2001, Martin began reinventing the estate, going back to basics and primarily producing dry Rieslings, bottled without any intervention.