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)