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 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
- Aged Comte with truffle Smoky basalt and oak spice flatter long-aged alpine cheese and truffle.More wines for truffles →
- Lobster Thermidor Barrel weight and salty drive flatter lobster richness.More wines for lobster →
How to serve Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion
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. Aged Comte with truffle, Lobster Thermidor. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.
History
Stephan Attmann founded his private-collection releases in 2014 alongside his work at von Winning; the Privatkollektion bottles are limited-allocation barrique-fermented dry Riesling from Forst Grosse Lage parcels.
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Stephan Attmann (Privatkollektion) · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Riesling
- Classification
- Pfalz Pradikatswein
- Oak
- Barrique-fermented in French oak
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 150 to 280 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 30 from vintage
Frequently asked about Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion
What does Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion taste like?
Structurally full-bodied, high acidity with a long finish. Stephan Attmann's private-collection barrique-fermented dry Kirchenstuck Riesling: cult-bottling intensity, smoky basalt and oak spice in extremely limited release.
When should I drink Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion?
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 Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion?
Aged Comte with truffle is the canonical pairing; Lobster Thermidor is the other strong match. Smoky basalt and oak spice flatter long-aged alpine cheese and truffle.
Is Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion 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 Stephan Attmann Forster Kirchenstuck Riesling Privatkollektion?
The blend is Riesling. The wine is classified as Pfalz Pradikatswein.
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