LauerRiesling No. 21 Ayl 1G 2023 (750ml)
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Note this is the single 2022 offering in our release of the 2023 vintage. Most estates, including Lauer, hold back quantities of certain wines for fun, for a rainy day, or because they just feel like the wine needs more time. In the case of this wine, it was held back for all of these reasons. A small tranche is being released to us now simply to fill up this offer a bit. Feel free to review my thoughts on Lauer’s 2022ers, readable here. I *love* them.
Since 2022, the VDP has classified Ayler Scheidterberg as a Erste Lage or “Premier Cru”. This site is very sheltered southern exposure that allows a slow and long ripening deep into autumn. Stony-fresh and dense core that is remarkably playful and relatively open in it’s youth.
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Unit Type | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 12.1% |
| Wine Class | Still White |
| Pack Size | 12 |
| Address | Saar |
| Estimated Price | $42 |
| Mosel Fine Wines | The 2022er Ayler 1G, as it is referred to on the central part of the label, is a dry Riesling made from fruit picked in the Lieu-Dit Scheiderberg, a north-east facing sector legally in the Ayler Kupp vineyard but forming the heart of the Scheidterberg hill (this sector has been classified as “VDP.Erste Lage” by the VDP Mosel hence the 1G). This cask sample offers a beautifully complex and appealing nose of wild herbs, gingerbread, ginger, sea breeze, and vineyard peach. The wine is delicately smooth and juicy on the palate, and leaves a superbly spicy and salty finish. This is a great dry Riesling. | No 66 June 2023 |