The 2019 Feils GG Fass 13 is clear, bright and floral/herbal on the precise, flinty, elegant and slatey nose. Intense and compact on the palate, this is a juicy, generous and elegant dry Riesling with fine tannins and a juicy but also slightly astringent ...
Weinbach’s estate Riesling is one of the best values in great wine: a dry, racy, mineral driven bottling from their famed Clos des Capucins vineyard, first planted in 1612—yes, you read that right—and given the same love and attention as the their $80+ Gr...
The 2022 Riesling Ayler Kupp Grosses Gewächs No. 18 was harvested in the steep mid-slope of the Ayler Kupp. Lauer points out that he is adamant that no overripe grapes are used for this. Ripe lemon peel with top notes of crushed citrus leaf and fresh yell...
Another bad-ass wine and one of the inspirations for our new campaign: “Spätlese is the new Kabinett.” I ask Florian how it’s selling. He says, “good,” and then adds this funny but honest line: “The Spätlese isn’t sweet here.” Seventy-four grams of residual sugar and it tastes almost dry. I don’t understand anything.