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Weingut Paulinshof

A family-owned Mosel estate in Kesten, where Oliver Jüngling makes dry Riesling from steep vineyards in Kesten and Brauneberg.

The producer

Weingut Paulinshof is based in Kesten, within the Mosel growing area and Bernkastel appellation. Klaus and Oliver Jüngling own the estate, and Oliver Jüngling is its winemaker. Riesling accounts for 98 percent of plantings; the work centres on steep slopes, with hand harvesting where gradients reach 70 percent.

The confirmed Paulinshof Riesling Kabinett trocken Von der Ley 2024 is a 100-percent Riesling from Mosel in the estate’s dry collection. Its dry frame puts citrus fruit, light body and brisk acidity ahead of sweetness, while Brauneberger Kammer adds a named monopoly vineyard to the estate’s Kesten and Brauneberg holdings.

Known for

Dry Mosel Riesling from hand-harvested steep slopes.

Notable facts

The story

The 1803 transfer

During secularisation in 1803, Paulinshof passed from its former church trust-fund setting into private ownership. The change altered who held the estate, while the vineyards already carried a much older documented record: they had been mentioned in a 936 deed of gift from King Heinrich I. The supplied history does not fill in every subsequent ownership step, but it identifies the estate today with the Jüngling family. Klaus and Oliver Jüngling are named as owners, and Oliver Jüngling as winemaker, working vineyards in Kesten and Brauneberg where Riesling is harvested by hand on steep slopes.

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Weingut Paulinshof

At A Glance

Weingut Paulinshof is a family-owned Mosel estate at Paulinstraße 14 in Kesten, in the Bernkastel appellation. Klaus and Oliver Jüngling are identified as owners, and Oliver Jüngling as winemaker. Riesling accounts for 98 percent of the plantings, so the estate’s dry wines begin with the grape’s acidity, citrus fruit and light-bodied shape rather than a broad mix of varieties.

The Producer

Paulinshof works vineyards in Kesten and Brauneberg, linking its home village to a wider set of Mosel sites. The named 2024 Paulinshof Riesling Kabinett trocken Von der Ley is a 100-percent Riesling from Mosel; its dry style places the grape’s fruit and acidity ahead of sweetness. Oliver Jüngling’s role in the cellar joins that Riesling-led planting to a clearly identified estate bottle.

Place

Mosel is the growing area, while Bernkastel is the appellation named for Paulinshof. Kesten is the estate’s base and one source of its holdings; Brauneberg is the other. Those place names matter on the label because Paulinshof’s wines are built from Riesling grown in specific Mosel vineyard areas, rather than from a generic German blend.

Von der Ley offers the most direct example of that relationship. It carries Mosel as its origin, Riesling as its grape and Kabinett trocken as its stated style, while the estate places it in the Paulinshof trocken collection. The result is a dry Riesling bottle whose name connects estate range, grape and regional origin in one line.

Soil And Site

The supplied record does not identify a soil type, but it is clear about the physical work of Paulinshof’s sites. Der Ring Mosel reports that 75 percent of the vineyards are steep slopes, with gradients reaching 70 percent. Such ground prevents easy mechanised picking, so harvesting is done by hand and fruit can be selected directly in the rows before it reaches the cellar.

Brauneberger Kammer is described by the estate as a flagship monopoly vineyard. A monopoly site means the estate controls that vineyard rather than sharing its name with neighbouring growers; the consequence is a direct line between one named place and the Paulinshof wines made from it.

Story

The vineyards attached to Paulinshof were first mentioned in a deed of gift from King Heinrich I in 936. The estate later passed into private ownership during secularisation in 1803, moving from its former church trust-fund setting into a different form of stewardship. Today the Jüngling family owns the estate, with Oliver Jüngling making the wines, so its current dry Riesling range sits within a documented vineyard history that stretches far beyond the present label.

That long record does not describe an unchanged wine style. It does establish the continuity of the vineyards themselves: land in and around Kesten and Brauneberg is now worked for hand-harvested Riesling, including the dry Von der Ley bottling from the 2024 vintage.

Vineyards And Cellar

Steep slopes govern the vineyard routine. With gradients reaching 70 percent and hand harvesting across the estate’s hillside parcels, picking is a manual stage of the wine’s production rather than a distant farm operation. For Riesling, this gives the cellar fruit gathered bunch by bunch from terrain where speed is limited by the slope.

The estate’s planting is 98 percent Riesling, and the confirmed Von der Ley 2024 is made entirely from that grape. Its placement in the Paulinshof trocken collection shows a dry-wine intention: sweetness is not the main structural tool, leaving acidity, fruit weight and finish to carry the wine.

Wines

Paulinshof’s range is Riesling-led, with vineyards in Kesten and Brauneberg supplying the estate’s site-based material. Brauneberger Kammer stands apart as a named monopoly vineyard, while the Paulinshof trocken collection gathers dry wines under an estate range name. This structure moves from named vineyard ground to dry Riesling bottles, rather than treating every wine as interchangeable.

Paulinshof Riesling Kabinett trocken Von der Ley 2024 is the confirmed reference point within that dry collection. It is 100-percent Riesling from Mosel, so its frame is dry, high in natural acidity and light to medium in body rather than rich in tannin or oak-derived weight. The Kabinett name appears on the label, but the estate’s own collection places this particular wine firmly on the dry side of Riesling.

In The Glass

With dry Mosel Riesling, expect citrus and orchard-fruit notes before a palate shaped by acidity rather than tannin. In Von der Ley 2024, the 100-percent Riesling composition and dry range placement point toward a clean, dry mouthfeel: fruit at the centre, a lighter body, and a finish carried by acidity instead of sugar.

The steep, hand-picked vineyard work supplies the physical context for that shape. Hillside Riesling is picked manually, then presented here without a sweet-style claim, so the useful sensory focus is freshness, fruit, dry texture and the length of the finish—not oak or heavy body.

A Bottle To Understand It

Begin with Paulinshof Riesling Kabinett trocken Von der Ley 2024. It is a Mosel wine made from 100-percent Riesling and placed by the estate in its dry collection, joining the estate’s central grape to a named bottle already listed in Sweden. Look for dry citrus and fruit, brisk acidity, a light-bodied texture and a clean finish. It comes first because its label states the producer, region, grape, vintage and dry style without requiring a leap to an unverified vineyard claim.

Anecdote

In 936, King Heinrich I recorded the vineyards connected with Paulinshof in a deed of gift. More than eight centuries later, during secularisation in 1803, Paulinshof passed from its former church trust-fund setting into private ownership. The estate is now owned by the Jüngling family, with Oliver Jüngling identified as winemaker. Between those two dated events lies a change in who held the property, while the present estate still works vineyards in Kesten and Brauneberg and harvests its steep Riesling slopes by hand.

Final Word

Paulinshof is most clearly approached through dry Riesling from steep Mosel ground: Kesten as the home base, Brauneberg as a second vineyard area, hand harvesting on slopes reaching 70 percent, and Von der Ley 2024 as a named 100-percent Riesling bottle. Its dry acidity and lighter body offer a concrete way into the estate’s work.

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