Bollinger - Brut Special Cuvee NV 750ml
The 2014 La Grande Année is stunning. In fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting. What comes through most is the wine’s sizzling energy and tension, qualities that aren’t often associated with Bollinger, where the Champagnes t...
Coolish, pure and bright, with dashes of lemon oil on crushed blue slate rocks, the 2020 Felseneck GG is a Riesling to wake you up with its tart perfume. With lemon leaves and some sur lie notes on the nose, this is always precise, fresh and flinty and a ...
Feils is a warm site; it is also sneakily steep. Convex like a spoon, the vineyard begins mildly as you walk through it heading down to the river. However, as one reaches center-slope the incline becomes quite severe. In the pictures in the gallery, you can see the roundness and dip of the site – especially in the second picture. The lowest third of the vineyard is extremely steep.
The wine this site produces is one of the most textural and luscious of the GGs; from the beginning it can show a rather broad range of fruit and spice. It also tends to drink earlier than Lauer’s other GGs, though obviously this can change vintage to vintage.
The 2022 Riesling Birkweiler Kastanienbusch Grosses Gewächs is from the Permian conglomerations. This is scented and the only GG that shows more of itself. There is almost a sense of passion fruit with its fruity yet tart aromatic allure. Riper notions...
From several vineyards on loess soils in Siebeldingen and Godramstein, the 2021 Weisser Burgunder trocken shows a pure, fresh and lemony as well as herbal bouquet with delicate yeasty notes. Round, lush and elegant on the palate, this is a textured, finel...