Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Niederberg Helden Spatlese 2021 Old Rioja with just enough Bisseuil Premier

with just enough Bisseuil Premier Cru Pinot Noir (12%) to color it

Pierre Duroché's top Grand Cru

This Cabernet Franc pulls from cooler southern Napa sites in Carneros

the wine is bottled bright and unforced

Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Niederberg Helden Spatlese 2021 Old Rioja with just enough Bisseuil PremierLieser Niederberg Helden is Schloss Lieser's home vineyard the steep blue slate slope right below the castle, and the heart of the six neglected hectares Thomas Haag inherited when he arrived in 1992. Sptlese here means fruit picked late, fermented slowly with wild yeast, and left with real sweetness that the Mosel's acidity slices straight through. 2021 was a cool, classical vintage on the river, the kind long time Mosel drinkers wait years for: low