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Gunter and Rainer Keßler, owners of the Münzberg, are both trained oenologists and viticulturists. Both share responsibilities for vineyards, wine making, sales, customers and public relations. They are bonded not only by their strong family ties but even more by their destiny and ambition to produce great and outstanding wines. Three generations of Keßlers contribute with their knowledge, experience and passion to the success of Münzberg Estate. The Keßlers’ spouses are the most reliable assistants but also the prominent critics of the masters of vineyards and cellars.

Excellence starts in the vineyards. Outstanding grapes are grown on the south facing vineyard site “Münzberg”, on deep chalk stone soils highly suitable for Pinot varieties, which accounts for 60% of the plantings, accompanied by 20% Riesling. Perfect combination of vine, soil, vineyard site has been achieved.
Skilled and passionate growers define their winemaking as “terroir”. Moderate yields are accompanied by restrictive pruning and fruit reduction during the ripening stage. Intelligent canopy and integrated pest management allow the producers to produce healthy and ripe fruit, which are harvested as late as possible by selective hand picking. They proceed to fermenting the juice of grapes to wine as gently as possible (most of the time with natural yeasts). They follow two diverse winemaking directions: rigid juice clarification and slow fermentation in stainless steel tanks are essential measures to produce fruity and fresh white wines, strong in various flavors. Ageing red wines and fermenting Chardonnay wines in wooden casks, especially in small oak barrels, create wines of great complexity. Classic bottle fermentation in the cellars of Münzberg Estate is the method of choice for their delightful Riesling and Pinot sparkling wines.

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Weissburgunder Kabinett Dry

Weissburgunder Kabinett Dry is fermented entirely in tank, with natural yeasts, having been grown in limestony soils. It has nothing whatsoever to do stylistically with the pinot blanc on the other side of the Rhine; this is seriously proportioned wine. In fact, it offers more of an impression of white Burgundy, without the element of oak. Schlangenpfiff means the snake's hiss, and is the

most opulent expression of this variety.

Culinary pairings for this wine are many, particularly dishes containing mustard and or cream.

Grauer Burgunder Kabinett Dry

Grauerburgunder has spent just enough time on the skins that it has a partridge-eye tinge to it, lovely body and richness.

Spätburgunder

Spätburgunder falls into the wondrous category of a pinot noir that is clearly old-world, but in no way like red Burgundy. Also informed by the limestony soils, this example is subtly influenced by the use of older barrels in the aging process.