Sybille Kuntz Riesling Kabinett Trocken
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The best and the largest parcels of the in total 45 acres of vineyards where the SYBILLE KUNTZ Riesling is growing are situated in the grand cru site Niederberg-Helden in Lieser. In these parcels thrive the oldest vines. They were planted in the 20ties of the last century as โselection massaleโ and are still own rooted. In a 70% inclined steep slope the midday sun hits the vines vertically and in addition the Mosel River reflects the sun with mirror like intensity. โ With a minimal diet provided to them on the surface soil, the vines are forced to send their root systems as deep as forty-five feet into the grey Devonian slate to get their nutrients. The Devonian slate was formed millions of years ago from the inner core of the earth to become the dominant stone deposit of the Mosel vineyards. Two thousand years ago the Romans had already recognized that the mineral content of the soil on these Mosel hillsides was ideal for viticulture, and they planted the steep slopes with vines. At Lieser they operated the largest of the thirteen ancient wine presses that have been found on the Mosel and at the very location an Information Board commemorates the spot of the Roman wine making activities. For centuries, passing down through I donโt know how many generations, the Kuntz family, my family, has been living in Lieser, a town one bend upriver from Bernkastel in the heart of the Mosel valley, tending the Lieser vineyards and making wine there. Yet my ancestors were also deeply involved in other vital activities of the wine business. They made casks and barrels, oversaw the filtration and bottling of wines for other wine growers, and they also acted as wine merchants. โ I spent a good deal of my childhood working in the vineyards. A little too much time perhaps...? Thatโs what I really felt at times, and so it probably didnโt come as a surprise that when it came to choosing a place to study I settled as far away from the vineyards as possible, in Wuppertal, a town about forty miles north of Cologne. โ Actually, it only seemed that I had left the vines behind for, ironically, in 1981, to help finance my studies in business administration, I opened a wine shop. It was a natural choice. I started by selling wines from my parentsโ vineyards, but soon I had to buy Riesling wines from other producers to meet the growing demand. But that didnโt quite solve the problem, either. My standards for what qualified as a good wine had either become too high or the quality of the wine I was buying had much diminished. I had a real problem. So I took heart and said to myself: I can do better than this! โ SYBILLE KUNTZ