2024 Peter Lauer, Riesling Schonfels Grosses Gewachs Fass 11, Saar, Germany Wolfram Stempel barrels or large wooden vats

barrels or large wooden vats (foudres)

Planted in 1978 on Red and white marl with limestone topsoil

the vines here are surrounded by cooler winds from the rougher Waldviertel region

rolling hills of olives and fruit trees

2017 Rivers-Marie Cabernet Sauvignon

2024 Peter Lauer, Riesling Schonfels Grosses Gewachs Fass 11, Saar, Germany Wolfram Stempel barrels or large wooden vatsMosel Fine Wines: "The 2024 Schonfels N11, as it is referred to on the central part of the label (GG is written top left), is a fully bone dry wine (with less than 1 g l of residual sugar) made with fruit harvested on this steep south east facing hill overseeing the Saar (legally part of the Ayler Kupp vineyard). This cask sample initially proves quite primary and intensely smoky, and only gradually reveals a refined nose of spices, herbal tea, smoke,