Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Spatlese AP #14, 2016 SPAINCOUNT0125 and quickly became the benchmark

and quickly became the benchmark for bone-dry

almost saline grip that white clay tends to deliver

with classic grainy tannins and the aromatic complexity of great Piedmont

This version is actually mostly a white grape (Fernão Pires) blended with a splash of red juice (Castellão) to form a truly unique

electric fruit and a sense of place you can taste

Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Spatlese AP #14, 2016 SPAINCOUNT0125 and quickly became the benchmarkSixty five grams of residual sugar and 7. 5% alcohol, and it still finishes like a wine you would happily call off dry that is the Saar's great trick, and Falkenstein performs it better than almost anyone. This is a completely separate cask from the estate's Alte Reben Kabinett, drawn from a different part of the Krettnacher Euchariusberg and picked riper, then left to ferment on wild yeasts until they simply stopped; each cask goes into bottle under