Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn

The winery "Peter Jakob Kühn" is located in the municipality of Oestrich in the German wine-growing region Rheingau. It was founded in 1786 by Jacobus Kühn. Today, the estate is managed by Peter Jakob and Angela Kühn, the 11th generation of the family. The vineyards cover 21 hectares of vineyards in the single vineyards Doosberg, Klosterberg and Lenchen (Oestrich), St. Nikolaus (Mittelheim), as well as Hendelberg and Jungfer (Hallgarten). They are 95% planted with Riesling, the rest mainly with Pinot Noir. Since 2004, the vineyards 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 provision of organic compost, a cover crop with various flower, grass and herb seeds as well as the use of medicinal herb extracts as sprays. Through 100% selective hand harvesting, spontaneous fermentation and natural aging, powerful, mineral wines are vinified. The white wines are predominantly vinified dry, but a speciality of the house are also noble sweet Prädikat wines.

Since the 2012 vintage, the wines have been marketed according to the new VDP classification model. The quality pyramid is complemented by the unique "Landgeflecht" and "Schlehdorn" wines. For the fruit and noble sweet wines, predicate designations are given. Most of the wines go through alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. The single-vineyard wines mature in large wooden barrels. The Pinot Noir red wines are aged in Burgundian barriques (228 l) for 12 months in two versions, "Spätburgunder" 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 have been sealed with STELVIN (screw cap), the site wines with natural corks. 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)