Winerie

Carl Graff is one of the main brands from Valckenberg and presents Riesling wines from famous vineyard sites of the Mosel region, like Graacher Himmelreich

Vintage report

The 2023 wine year will go down in history as one of the fastest harvests on record. Capricious weather brought extreme drought, which was followed by weeks of heavy rainfall that culminated in an extremely warm late summer. With September temperatures of up to 30 degrees, the grapes were collected in the cool night and morning hours so that the must did not end up overheated in the vats. The main challenge of the year was to bring in healthy grapes. In many places, diligent preselection was done in the vineyards, which on the one hand reduced the quantities, but on the other hand also ensured a good to exceptional quality overall.The first young wines of 2023 are already very fruit-driven, pleasantly lean, and with a fine acidity.

Terroir

Slate soil, collective vineyard site Mosel.

vinification

This wine is made exclusively from 100 % Riesling from the steep vineyards of the Mosel