The Schätzel family has been farming vineyards along the Rhine for 650 years, drawn to the idea that wine could capture the essence of place. Today, their steep red slate vineyards on the Roter Hang yield wines of striking minerality and structure. “Give nature her space” is their guiding principle, reflected in the slow, deliberate rhythms of their biodynamic farming and cellar work beneath the vaulted ceilings of their 800-year-old estate.

Fuchs is a singular riesling born from the steep red slate slopes of the Hipping vineyard—specifically a tucked-away parcel called Fuchsloch, surrounded by herbs, bushes, and trees. Foot-crushed whole clusters, a five-day cold maceration, and a slow, spontaneous fermentation lead into 36 months of barrel aging under flor. There’s no sulfur, no fining, and no filtration, just an unhurried transformation in a 600-liter cask.

The result is electric. Salty, textured, and low in alcohol, with notes of macadamia, brioche, crushed herbs, and gunpowder minerality. Alice Feiring called it “shocking beauty,” and tasting it over a week, she found it still alive on day three alive with ginger ale lift, rhubarb bitters, and a whisper of orange pith. It’s riesling reimagined in a structured, savory, and quietly wild way.

Named for the fox (Fuchs) that lends its name to the vineyard hollow, this is a wine that doesn’t chase attention. It earns it slowly and then keeps it completely.

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These wines are pre-arrival with an estimated arrival date of late fall. During warmer months orders are placed on hold, your wines will ship as weather permits and the daily range is consistently between 45 and 74 degrees. Please note pre-arrival sales are non-refundable as suppliers require us to make binding commitments and deposits to secure the wine.