There isn't much rosé wine from the Mosel wine region. The reason is that the Nazis banned red wine and the pinot noir grape from Mosel in 1937. And it stayed in force for 50 years. As a result, very little red or rosé wine is made in the Mosel today. The region's history with Pinot Noir has been largely lost.
Karthäuserhof is considered the eighth oldest winery in the world. It was established in 1335, when the monks of the Carthusian Order received the estate as a gift from Prince Balduin of Luxembourg. The monks lived here for more than 500 years, until the end of the French Revolution. The vineyard was then handed over to the French state and subsequently sold to General Valentin Leonardy of the French army.
Since then, the estate has remained in the same family, and today it is run by Albert Behler, who is the seventh generation. Together with the renowned winemaker Mathieu Kauffmann, Albert Behler has created a range of wines named after Bruno, in honour of the founder of the Carthusian Order, St. Bruno of Cologne.
The first was a riesling, released in 2019. Now their first rosé has reached the market, from the 2025 vintage. A brilliant and delicate interpretation of the pinot noir grape, from one of Germany's coldest and most northerly wine regions by some distance.