Neustadt: Wine tasting with cellar tour and vineyard visit
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Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 8 to 30 years from vintage.
vintage8 yrs30 yrs32 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
- Roast turbot with brown butter Salty slate and citrus drive echo the brown butter on rich white fish.More wines for fish →
- Aged Comte Smoky basalt length flatters long-aged alpine cheese.More wines for aged hard cheese →
How to serve Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GC
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. Roast turbot with brown butter, Aged Comte. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.
History
Burklin-Wolf adopted a Burgundian Grand Cru / Premier Cru classification in 2005 with Kirchenstuck at the top; the estate works its 84.7 ha biodynamically under Biodyvin certification.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Dr. Burklin-Wolf · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- Burklin-Wolf GC
- Oak
- Spontaneous fermentation, large oak Stueckfass ageing
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 80 to 140 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1994
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamic Practicing
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED
Frequently asked about Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GC
What does Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GC taste like?
Structurally full-bodied, high acidity with a long finish. Biodynamic dry Grand Cru Riesling from the basalt Forster Kirchenstuck: salty slate, herbs, dense yellow stone fruit and a very long mineral close.
When should I drink Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GC?
Drink 8 to 30 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 GC?
Roast turbot with brown butter is the canonical pairing; Aged Comte is the other strong match. Salty slate and citrus drive echo the brown butter on rich white fish.
Is Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling GC 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 GC?
The blend is Riesling. The wine is classified as Burklin-Wolf GC.
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