2024 Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken Altenberg AP-7. Saar, Germany Kanbara In the meantime she buys

In the meantime she buys from neighboring winemakers and friends who share the same approach to viticulture

Gentle extraction

• Schists and quartz soils

Red Hen’s gravelly alluvial soils give Merlot that is ripe but finely etched

2024 Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken Altenberg AP-7. Saar, Germany Kanbara In the meantime she buysThe Riesling grapes are gently pressed whole bunch, and their musts are left overnight to settle naturally, before being racked and fermented with ambient yeasts in 1,000 liter Fuder casks (Fuderfsser) and a couple of 500 liter Halbfuder, the traditional fermenting and aging vessels for Mosel wine. Most of their vineyards are located on various south facing slopes, including Niedermenniger Herrenberglisted as Zuckerberg on Franz Josef Clottens 1868