Weingut Jochen Beurer, Kernen-Stetten
After putting aside the idea of being a BMX champion in 1997, Jochen Beurer settled in Kernen Stetten just outside of Stuttgart, where his family owned some vineyards. His father was on the board of the local cooperative, but Jochen decided to produce his own wines.
This guy is full of energy! Jochen is always walking around with a smile on his face and is most likely to be the last man standing at parties. But at the same time he is very precise and correct when it comes to his wines, as the Germans are expected to be.
In 2003 he started working organically with his 10 hectares. He only uses native yeasts and converted fully to biodynamics in 2008. Beurer’s steep slopes are on a variety of limestone from different ages.
Jochen Beurer reflects his personality in his wines, they are full of pure, racy mineral, fruit and energy!
2022 Riesling Trocken (Available in 20 liter KeyKeg)
Soil: Sandstone and red mudstones from the bottom of his Gipskeuper vineyard
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1998
Vinification: Direct press before fermenting and then aged for 6 months in stainless steel.
2020 Stettener Riesling Gipskeuper
Soil: Gypsum, limestone, dolomite and clay steep. Gipskeuper vineyard is a south facing slope at 280-310 meters of altitude
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1986-1996
Vinification: Direct press before fermenting and then aged for 12 months in stainless steel.
2019 Stettener Riesling Schilfsandstein
Soil: Red sandstone, quartz, 310-340 meters of altitude. A steep, south facing and windy location
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1976-1981
Vinification: Direct press before fermenting and then aged for 12 months in stainless steel.
2019 Stettener Riesling Kieselsandstein
Soil: Pebble sandstone, pebbles of basalt, quartz and broken rocks from the Dolomites. The altitude is 340-380 meters.
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1978
Vinification: Direct press before fermenting and then aged for 16 months, 70% in old barrels and 30% in stainless steel.
2016 Riesling ‘Nothing’
Soil: Kieselsandstein, pebbles of basalt, quartz, broken rocks from the Dolomites, 340-380 meters of altitude.
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1971-2010
Vinification: 50% directly pressed grapes and 50% with skins was fermented together in big barrels and then continuously aged on the skins for 2,5 years before bottling took place.
2018 Rettet die Reben
Soil Gypsum, limestone, dolomite clay
Grape: Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Grauer Burgunder, Wieber Burgunder, Heunisch, Putzscheeer, Gelber Orelans, Kleinweiß, Adelfränkisch…28 different grape varieties in total.
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1960-1970
Vinification: 5 days maceration on the skins before pressing. Fermented in one old 300 l barrel and aged in that same barrel for 18 months before bottling.
2018 Riesling Auslese
Soil: Kieselsandstein, pebbles of basalt, quartz, broken rocks from the Dolomites
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1970
Vinification: Direct press before fermentation. 50% was harvest 19/12 2018 and 50% in the end of September 2019. Bottled after 11 months on stainless steel tanks. 80 grams of sugar.
2020 Mal Anders
Soil: Mix between the vineyard above – Gipskeuper, Kieselsandstein and Schilfsandstein.
Grape: Riesling
Appellation: Württemberg
Age of Vines: Planted 1972-1997
Vinification: Direct press before fermenting until naturally stopped, leaving the wine with 16g of sugar left. Aged for 18 months in steel tanks before bottled. ’Mal Anders’ means changeable and is a wine only produced when fermentation stops naturally.