Klaus Peter Keller Riesling “RR” 2012

All top shelf German Reisling from Rheinhessen
Price per bottle 1 pc 2012 & 2013
Can be sent for DKK 39.-

Keller's "RR" is one of those insider's bottles.

Normally, the wine is sourced from a rare red-soil parcel within the Kirchspiel. This cask rarely ferments totally dry and the Kellers have always enjoyed the natural balance of the wine. It's what we'd call a "feinherb" - the wine is just a bit off-dry. Normally, you'll see the bottle labeled as "Kirchspiel RR," the "RR" denoting "Riesling" from the "Red" soil.

With vintage 2022, however, Klaus Peter Keller said that a cask from a top parcel of Abtserde and one from a top parcel of Morstein, normally destined for the GGs, simply did not ferment totally dry.

I think the temptation for the Kellers was too much; they had to combine these parcels, these casks.

The wine is labeled only as "RR" - KP was the one to joke with me in a text that this year the "RR" stands for "Rolls Royce."