2023 Peter Lauer No. 6 Senior Riesling

"The wine is called “Senior” as a tribute to Florian’s grandfather who was already in the 1950s famous at least in the Saar Valley for his dry Riesling. So the story goes, he would walk through the cellar and taste all the barrels and then write “Senior” on the cask he wanted for his own drinking.  So this is “Senior” not only named after Florian’s grandfather, but after an old-school style of wines common for the Saar. And while it is fashionable now to do natural ferments, and to seek a more natural balance for Rieslings, the Lauers are famous because they have been doing it for centuries, before it was in vogue. 

You just have to taste this wine; while it normally ferments to off dry levels, the wine is dry tasting yet textural with amazing dep th and clarity. Don’t worry about how dry or not it is – it’s just delicious. Focus on that.  The 2023 “Senior” is a wine that sits perfectly poised between auster and mineral, and generous and heady, perfumes of stone fruit and citrus. Absolutely spectacular." 

Alcohol: 11.5% 

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