2025 Peter Lauer 'Barrel X' Saar Riesling, Mosel, Germany Domaine Leroy it shows classic floral lift

it shows classic floral lift

VARIETAL: 51% Carignan | 25% Syrah | 12% Valdiguié | 5% Mourvèdre 3% Zinfandel | 2% Petite Sirah | 2% Grenache Noir

unfiltered and with very little SO2 addition

Two Wolves Vineyard is situated just outside of Happy Canyon AVA in Santa Ynez Valley and features dense shaley clay loam soil

and a chalky mineral thread borne of Savennières’ famed hillside schist

2025 Peter Lauer 'Barrel X' Saar Riesling, Mosel, Germany Domaine Leroy it shows classic floral liftBarrel X is winemaker Florian Lauers Platonic ideal of what a slightly off dry (feinherb) Saar Riesling should be. If we were in Burgundy, this would be the equivalent of a Bourgogne Blanc. As an appellation level wine, it is sourced from multiple vineyards in four different villages of the Saar: Ayl (Lauers home village), Saarburg, Wawern and Wiltingen. Florian says, From Ayl and Wawern, the wine gains the fruit and power, from Saarburg the racy