Weingut Schloß Lieser

The winery is located in the municipality of Lieser (Bernkastel area) in the German Moselle region. The castle, built from grey slate between 1885 and 1895, was once the residence of Baron von Schorlemer. Directly adjacent to it, the "Schloss Lieser" winery was built in 1904. After the sale in the 1970s, the estate suffered a qualitative collapse due to repeated changes of ownership. Shortly before the grape harvest in 1992, Thomas Haag took over the management of the estate, reorganised it and bought it in 1997. The vineyards cover 8.5 hectares of vines in the individual locations Juffer and Juffer Sonnenuhr(Brauneberg), Himmelreich (Graach), as well as Niederberg-Helden and Schlossberg (Lieser). These are exclusively planted with Riesling. Natural viticulture with consistent quantity reduction is practiced. After a strict selective manual harvest in several passes, only fully ripe grapes are harvested and pressed extremely gently. The pre-clarified musts are fermented in wooden barrels or stainless steel tanks at cool temperatures, depending on their character. Sweet Prädikat wines are a speciality of the house. The winery is a member of the VDP (Verband deutscher Prädikatsweingüter).