Furst von Metternich Riesling Sekt

Wine Producer:

Furst von Metternich

Wine Description:

The high quality base wine used in

Furst voncreates an opulent blended sparkling

Metternich

Riesling by the Charmat method, full of the

trademark sour-sweet Riesling tension, with

notes of mandarin and grapefruit zest..

Winery Info:

This historic sekt brand is still based in the great Riesling vineyards of

Schloss Johannisberg in Rheingau. Furst von Metternich takes its name

from a prime mover and shaker of his era, the German prince and

diplomat Metternich. A central figure at the epochal 1815 Congress of

Vienna, Metternich had been gifted Schloss Johannisberg by the

grateful Kaiser Franz of Austria. The vineyards of the Schloss were

already well known as an exceptional Riesling terroir, steep southfacing

terraces and vertiginous slopes on quartzite soil. As the C19th

German poet Heinrich Heine said: ‘if I had so much faith in myself that

I could move mountains, then the Johannisberg would be mountain

that I would have follow me wherever I go!’

Making sparkling wine from the oldest and most venerable Riesling

vineyards started in 1864 when JJ Sohnlein persuaded the estate to

allow the grapes to be used. It was a rapid

success, and it has grown to become the No 1

quality sekt brand in Germany, winning

numerous awards along the way. Now owned by

the world experts in sparkling wine, Henkell, the

future of this fine sekt is assured.

Grape Variety:

Riesling