Keller - Limestone Riesling 2024

Klaus Peter and Julia Keller have achieved a level of fame comparable only to Egon Müller in the Saar. In less than a decade, Keller has become one of the country’s greatest addresses. What makes this even more intriguing is that Keller is located in the Rheinhessen, one of the most maligned German winemaking regions. What’s more, they are located in what is usually considered the worst part of the Rheinhessen, the “Hügelland” – a double whammy if ever there was one.

This wine is all in the name—Limestone—an absolutely a salty, piquant delight of a wine.

The Keller Limestone Riesling is from vineyards in Westhofen, mainly Kirchspiel. On the nose the wine displays beautiful aromas of lime mixed with spice, smoke and rocks. On the palate, the Limestone is citrus driven with a razor sharp acidity that is balance wonderfully by a slight sweetness. Enjoy with assorted wursts, shellfish and fresh vegetables. 

In the cellars, Klaus-Peter has made a few changes as well from his father’s era, but the vast majority of the focus continues to be on the vineyard work. The white wines now (particularly the Rieslings) are fermented more in old oak fuder, rather than in stainless steel and indigenous yeasts are relied upon whenever possible for the fermentations. The one relatively novel approach that Klaus-Peter has adopted for many of his white wines is to allow the grapes to macerate on their skins for thirty or forty hours prior to pressing them and running off the juice to fuder for fermentation.

Producer: Keller

Country: Germany

Region: Rheinhessen

Varietal:  Riesling

Appellation: Rheinhessen

Vintage: 2024

Size: 750ml