Karthäuserhof

Profile

The Karthäuserhof is one of Germany’s oldest wine estates: in 1335 Elector Baldwin of Luxembourg gave the estate to the Carthusian monks, after secularisation it passed into private hands in 1811 and, through the Rautenstrauch and Tyrell families, remained in the same ownership for around two centuries. Since 2012 Albert Behler, cousin of the long-standing owner Christoph Tyrell, has run the estate as the seventh generation. Its heart is the Karthäuserhofberg, a monopole site of just under 20 hectares with gradients of up to 55 per cent on weathered Devonian slate. Since 2020 the Alsatian Mathieu Kauffmann has been responsible for viticulture and winemaking and stands for an ecological approach – according to the estate, the vineyards are farmed along biodynamic lines. The style has become drier, denser and more structured without losing the cool freshness of the Ruwer.

The people

Albert P. Behler (owner since 2012); Andrea Wirsching (managing director from 1 October 2026); Mathieu Kauffmann (oenological director according to a press release of September 2026, “technical director” on the team page; responsible for wine philosophy and style); Dominik Völk (estate manager since 1 January 2022; viticulture, production and day-to-day operations); Moritz Walter (deputy cellar master according to the team page)

Voices from the estate

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