2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Monster' 1.5L Magnum, Mosel, Germany Richard Brendon One of three newer

One of three newer

it’s bottled as Vino da Tavola to keep the cellar free of DOC rules

Yields are kept at 25 hectoliters per hectare (well below the 50 hl/ha requirement of the appellation)

The grapes were picked late in the year

the Lagavulin 8-Year-Old palate boasts a magnificently full-on Lagavulin taste that’s somehow even bigger than you expect

2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Monster' 1.5L Magnum, Mosel, Germany Richard Brendon One of three newerThis is a powerful, broad and silly complex Kabinett sourced from what Julian thinks is the best parcel they own in the Ritsch it is also the biggest single parcel at 1. 1 hectares, thus it is called the monster parcel. The wine flashes layers and layers of fruit, a fascinating assortment of ripe apples, pear and citrus oils, all of them edged or underlined by a sweet, earthy balsamic. Its so complex, as if an opulent, tropical world of guava and