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Sybille Kuntz

A short while back, the husband and wife team, Sybille Kuntz and Markus Kuntz-Riedlin came to town to talk through and share their wines.  From the Mosel region near Bernkastel, Sybille is a sixth generation winemaker who initially inherited a half a hectare of vineyards from her father.  In 1984, she took over her father’s half acre and bought out her brother’s, and today, she and Markus own 10ha of prime vineyard parcels.  As a female vintner in Germany who established her own estate, Sybille is dear friends with opposition and conflict.  As a winemaking team that refuses to play by rules of this regional game, Sybille and Markus have redefined the box.

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Riesling Harvest Report 2011 from Sybille Kuntz Estate

Lieser, 10. November 2011

Perfect vintage 2011

It’s super that we already had the Pinot Noir from Baden in the cellar before the Riesling harvest began in the Mosel. This gave us some time to preharvest our 30 acres of Riesling vineyards and to sort out the raisins from the bunches. This was very time consuming on the 70% steep sloped parcels, as the vines with original rootstock (from pre-phylloxera times) had lots of raisins.

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