November 1, 2009 | News | Wines of the Month
The Wine of the Month November is a great example for the string of excellent dry-styled wine produced in the 2008 vintage.
The Weingut Peter Lauer has been led by Florian Lauer since the early 2000s. It has since turned into one of the leading producers of Trocken and Feinherb wines in the Mosel. This is beautifully underlined by this gorgeous 2008er Riesling Schonfels Fass 11 made from very old vines.
2008er
Peter Lauer
Riesling Schonfels Fass 11
90
The Schonfels parcel is overseeing the Saar, and is situated next to the Saarburger Fuchs vineyard. The mainly un-grafted vines are over 80 years old. Yields were very low, and only 800 liters of this juice were eventually produced. This is quite some wine. Slightly reduced at first (with notes of roasted almond), it requires some time to reveal the most lovely pure and fresh aromatics mixing green apple, citrus peel, curry powder and white pepper. The wine is plain delicious on the palate with just enough concentration but not too much to give it a good structure and grip. The finish is refined, spicy and very long. This is very nicely made! Now-2018
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