Neustadt: Wine tasting with cellar tour and vineyard visit
We are happy to share our wine knowledge with you and introduce you to our wines and our philosophy during the wine tasting and a tour of the historic wine cellar!
Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 20 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs20 yrs22 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
- Grilled mackerel Black-basalt smoke flatters oily fish.More wines for fish →
- Schweinshaxe Mineral palate cuts pork fat.More wines for pork →Find schweinshaxe on TableJourney →
How to serve Forster Pechstein Riesling
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. Grilled mackerel, Schweinshaxe. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.
History
Wegeler's Pfalz arm bottles dry Riesling from a 14 ha Deidesheim holding spanning Pechstein, Jesuitengarten and Kieselberg, the parallel to the family's Rheingau estate.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Geheimrat J. Wegeler Pfalz · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 28 to 42 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 20 from vintage
Frequently asked about Forster Pechstein Riesling
What does Forster Pechstein Riesling taste like?
Structurally full-bodied, high acidity with a long finish. Wegeler Pfalz's dry Riesling from the black-basalt Forster Pechstein: smoky volcanic minerality, peach and citrus.
When should I drink Forster Pechstein Riesling?
Drink 5 to 20 from vintage. Young vintages benefit from 30-90 minutes of decanting; mature bottles should be handled carefully for sediment.
What food pairs with Forster Pechstein Riesling?
Grilled mackerel is the canonical pairing; Schweinshaxe is the other strong match. Black-basalt smoke flatters oily fish.
Is Forster Pechstein Riesling 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 Pechstein Riesling?
The blend is Riesling. The wine is classified as VDP.Grosse Lage Pfalz.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tastings near Weingut Geheimrat J. Wegeler Pfalz
Organic wine discovery tour with tasting at the Mohr-Gutting organic winery (Palatinate)
Discover the world of organic wine on a guided tour of our family winery. Learn how organic viticulture works and enjoy four organic wines during a leisurely tasting session.
Palatinate/Neustadt: 4-hour mulled wine hike with masked parade
Experience Gimmeldingen bathed in festive lights: Enjoy 5 food pairings with fine sparkling wine & winemakers' mulled wines, and immerse yourself in Christmas traditio...