Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Niederberg Helden Spatlese 2021 Old Rioja and totally unlike anything else

and totally unlike anything else

with just enough Bisseuil Premier Cru Pinot Noir (12%) to color it

broad-shouldered palate held in tension by a fine spine of acidity

with a balanced sweetness

Extra Brut dosage keeps it bone-dry

Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Niederberg Helden Spatlese 2021 Old Rioja and totally unlike anything elseLieser Niederberg Helden is Schloss Lieser's home vineyard the steep blue slate slope right below the castle, and the heart of the six neglected hectares Thomas Haag inherited when he arrived in 1992. Sptlese here means fruit picked late, fermented slowly with wild yeast, and left with real sweetness that the Mosel's acidity slices straight through. 2021 was a cool, classical vintage on the river, the kind long time Mosel drinkers wait years for: low