Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

The 2022 Riesling Scharzhofberger Spätlese has an alluring flicker of bergamot on its citrus- scented nose, green-tinged, highly aromatic and not too distant from tart but perfumed passion fruit. The palate brings Mirabelle... Read More

Julian Haart apprenticed with Egon Müller and Klaus Peter Keller. That’s like learning to draw under da Vinci and Picasso... It’s pretty serious.

The 1000L is legally Trocken and sourced from 25-year-old vines... Read More

Julian Haart apprenticed with Egon Müller and Klaus Peter Keller. That’s like learning to draw under da Vinci and Picasso... It’s pretty serious.

The Moselle Riesling comes essentially from the Piesporter Goldtröpfchen,... Read More

One of Europe’s oldest grapes: Elbling. It’s important to understand that Elbling here feels like something of a religion. It’s a culture, a regional dialect that is spoken through this wine of rigorous purity,... Read More

Fresh lime, apple and white currant dominate the nose and the firm, attractively buoyant palate. Zest, skin and seed supply invigorating tang, while subtle salinity lends salivary stimulation on a brightly juicy, admirably refreshing... Read More

As noted with Fass 25, yet more revelations of climate change, the “1er Cru” Scheidterberg and Sonnenberg hills that curl around the village of Ayl are beginning to turn out wines of real depth and complexity, yet... Read More

There is nothing like the Saar. The magic here is intensity without weight, grandiosity without size: rocks and acidity. Lauer is currently one of greatest estates in this sacred place. The style here is 180 degrees removed from... Read More

“Kern” is named after the 19th century industrialist that cleared this more-western part of the Kupp; it is a small parcel that spans the entire top-to-bottom reach of the Kupp. Thus, for me, the wine always has something... Read More

Absolutely nuts-o wine in 2022 – these are maybe the best Kabinetts Lauer has ever made? Which makes zero sense after 2021, I understand this, but still… it’s the lightness. And to prove just how absolutely... Read More

Feils is the vineyard name of one of the three Grand Cru dry wines that Florian Lauer produces – the other two are Kupp and Schonfels. Note in German these are called “Grosses Gewächs,” translating to “great... Read More

3 Star (***) connotates that some (15% of total) Botrytis' fruit was included in the wine before fermenting completely dry. Adding the Botrytis' fruit adds additional depth and complexity to the finished wine

Consider this Stein’s “1er Cru” vineyard; though it’s a 1er Cru vineyard with 70 to 80+ year-old ungrafted vines and a serious terroir of mostly blue slate. This is the “other” Himmelreich... Read More

The Palmberg is Stein’s “Grand Cru” and a vineyard to measure against any other vineyard in the Mosel, period. It is an awesome site, an ancient wall of vines filled with ungrafted plantings that are 90+ years... Read More

Konz could be seen as a quaint, sleepy valley village in the Saar, surrounded by rolling vineyard hills, pastures and small houses with one modest church steeple–though it is anything but old-fashioned when Max von Kunow... Read More

Tasting Note: It offers a nice and direct nose of herbs, greengage, white peach, almond, and rosemary. The wine is straight and focused on the palate and leaves a slightly tart yet animating feel of herbs and citrusy fruits in... Read More