Stefan Muller, Riesling Spatlese Euchariusberg "Alte Reben 1944", 2024 so080222 nyt dry german riesling years in ancient Slavonian botti

years in ancient Slavonian botti

continuing her father Bartolo’s uncompromising methods

It's Sauvignon Blanc that trades zingy aromatics for depth and weight on the palate

The freshness is the calling card of this wine

Stefan Muller, Riesling Spatlese Euchariusberg "Alte Reben 1944", 2024 so080222 nyt dry german riesling years in ancient Slavonian bottiThese vines were planted in 1944, when there wasn't much planting going on in Germany. Eighty years later, ungrafted and rooted deep in the gray blue slate and quartz of the steep Krettnacher Euchariusberg, they yield a tiny crop of intensely concentrated fruit. This is a proper sweet Spatlese: honeyed and fruity, low in alcohol, but with the sky high Saar acidity that turns sweetness into tension rather than weight. It's the kind of wine that tastes