Stefan Fleischer

A wine lineage can be carried through roles as much as through labels. As Vertreter of Fleischer Wein seit 1742 e.K. and Winzer of Weingut Fleischer – Weingut der Stadt Mainz, Stefan Fleischer works inside a Mainz tradition defined by wine, place, and continuity of craft.

Riesling sets the center of gravity at Weingut der Stadt Mainz, with particular attention on site-specific Rieslings from Bodenheim. The work does not treat the district as a single flavor; in Fleischer’s Bodenheim site wines, soil and microclimate are handled as separate variables within the same place. Bodenheimer Hoch makes that approach visible in the glass. The wine brings juicy ripe Riesling aromatics together with fine limestone minerality, giving the site a reading through both fruit and stone.

The cellar practice is also marked by a range of Riesling types and older vintages of single-site wines fermented spontaneously in Stückfass barrels. In Fleischer’s hands, those choices point to controlled patience: native fermentation, large wooden casks, and enough time for individual parcels to remain distinct.

The named signatures attached to Stefan Fleischer’s work are Bodenheimer Hoch Riesling trocken Lagenwein 2023, Bodenheimer Ebersberg Riesling trocken Lagenwein 2023, Bodenheimer Silberberg Riesling trocken 2022, and Bodenheimer Burgweg Spätburgunder trocken.

Bodenheimer Hoch Riesling trocken Lagenwein 2023 is a notable work attached to Fleischer’s name. Recognition here is built on narrow focus rather than range: Riesling, Bodenheim, limestone, organic farming, and an older-vintage cellar culture for single-site wines in Stückfass. The work is read first through material and site.