Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Eiswein from frozen Riesling berries: candied lemon, frozen peach and razor-sharp acidity.
Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Koehler-Ruprecht's old-school Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling R: spontaneous fermentation in old oak, dense smoke, salty mineral and decades of cellar life.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Old-school dry Pinot Noir Philippi: red cherry, leather, smoke, fine tannin and a long savoury close from Kallstadt parcels.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative
Muller-Catoir's late-harvest Rieslaner Auslese from the Mussbacher Eselshaut: candied apricot, honey, racy slate acidity and a profoundly long close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Friedrich Becker's dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Sankt Paul on the French border: dense red cherry, smoky tobacco, fine tannin and a long savoury close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Becker's dry Grosses Gewachs Spatburgunder from the Schweigener Sonnenberg-Kammerberg: red cherry, smoke, herbs and fine slate-driven tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Stephan Attmann's private-collection barrique-fermented dry Kirchenstuck Riesling: cult-bottling intensity, smoky basalt and oak spice in extremely limited release.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative
Barrique-fermented private-collection dry Pechstein Riesling: black-basalt smoke, dense peach and oak spice in extremely limited release.