The winery "Peter Jakob Kühn" is located in the community of Oestrich in the German
Rheingau wine region. It was founded in 1786 by Jacobus Kühn. Today the estate is managed by Peter Jakob and Angela Kühn in the 11th generation of the family. The vineyards comprise 21 hectares of vineyards in the individual locations
Doosberg, Klosterberg and
Lenchen (Oestrich),
St. Nikolaus (Mittelheim), as well as
Hendelberg and
Jungfer (Hallgarten). They are planted with 95% Riesling, the rest mainly with Pinot Noir. Since 2004, they have been cultivated according to the rules of
Biodynamic viticulture; since the 2009 vintage, they have been certified organic by the
DEMETER association. This includes the supply of organic
compost, a
greening with various flower, grass and herb seeds and the use of medicinal herb extracts as sprays. Powerful, mineral wines are vinified through 100% selective manual harvesting,
spontaneous fermentation and natural ageing. The white wines are mainly dry, but the house also specialises in sweet wines with special attributes.
Since the 2012 vintage, the wines have been marketed according to the new
VDP classification model. The quality pyramid is completed by the unique "Landgeflecht" and "Schlehdorn" wines. The fruity and noble sweet wines are given predicate designations. Most wines undergo alcoholic and
malolactic fermentation. The site wines mature in large wooden barrels. The Pinot Noir red wines are aged in Burgundy barriques (228 l) for 12 months in two versions: "Spätburgunder" (Pinot Noir) and "Spätburgunder Frühenberg" (old
Gewann designation). In 2013 a Riesling vintage 2011 matured in
amphorae was bottled and marketed without
filtration. Since the 2012 vintage, the estate and local wines are sealed with
STELVIN (screw cap), the site wines with natural cork. Bottle-fermented sparkling wines are also produced. The winery is a member of the
VDP as well as the group of biodynamic wineries
La Renaissance des Appellations (founded by Nicolas
Joly).
