Neustadt: Wine tasting with cellar tour and vineyard visit
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Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 25 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs25 yrs27 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating above is our own.
In the glass
What it pairs with
- Schweinshaxe with crackling Racy Forst acidity cuts the rendered pork fat while ripe yellow fruit flatters the crackling.More wines for pork →Find schweinshaxe with crackling on TableJourney →
- White asparagus with hollandaise Salty basalt minerality lifts the buttery hollandaise and balances the herbal bitterness of Spargel.More wines for vegetables and salads →Find white asparagus with hollandaise on TableJourney →
- Aged Allgau Bergkaese Smoky slate length echoes the nutty hard alpine cheese.More wines for cheese →
How to serve Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG
Allow 35 minutes from open to pour.
- Open and decant. Open 30 minutes before serving and pour into a decanter to aerate.
- Serve at 10-12°C. Cellar temperature (10-12°C) is the band for this style. Warmer pushes alcohol forward; colder dampens aromatics.
- Glassware. Use a medium-sized white-wine glass: the bowl shape rewards the wine's structure.
- Pair with. Schweinshaxe with crackling, White asparagus with hollandaise, Aged Allgau Bergkaese. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.
History
Bassermann-Jordan has bottled the Forster Kirchenstuck as its dry flagship Grosses Gewachs since the modern VDP classification era of the 1990s; the basalt-laced slope is one of four classic Forst Grosse Lage sites.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Bassermann-Jordan · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz
- Oak
- Spontaneous fermentation, ageing in large Stueckfass oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 60 to 110 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1971
Frequently asked about Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG
What does Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG taste like?
Structurally full-bodied, high acidity with a long finish. Bassermann-Jordan's dry Grosses Gewachs from the basalt-and-limestone Forster Kirchenstuck: dense yellow stone fruit, smoky slate and salt-driven length.
When should I drink Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG?
Drink 5 to 25 from vintage. Young vintages benefit from 30-90 minutes of decanting; mature bottles should be handled carefully for sediment.
What food pairs with Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG?
Schweinshaxe with crackling is the canonical pairing. Other strong matches include White asparagus with hollandaise and Aged Allgau Bergkaese. Racy Forst acidity cuts the rendered pork fat while ripe yellow fruit flatters the crackling.
Is Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG vegan?
No: the producer uses traditional animal-derived fining agents (typically egg whites or isinglass) during clarification, so the wine is not vegan.
What grapes are in Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GG?
The blend is Riesling. The wine is classified as VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz.
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