Lauer's Ayler 2019 Schonfels GG Fass 11 is cool, precise and flinty on the intense, herbal and reductive nose. On the palate, this is a pure and elegant, silky-textured and juicy Riesling with a long, compact, nervy, mineral and salty finish with very goo...
The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Meunier is another terrific wine from Laherte. The Extra Brut style yields a Rosé with more breadth and greater vinous intensity than the Ultradition version. The textural intensity and overall volume here are so appealing. Hi...
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.