Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Kabinett Alte Reben AP #8, 2018 MNTLCNO0124 just south of Geneva

just south of Geneva

heavy style many expect

and volcanic earth

made in a structured

juicy Pinot Noir with real sense of place

Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Kabinett Alte Reben AP #8, 2018 MNTLCNO0124 just south of Geneva2018 gave the Saar its ripest fruit in years, and these old vines turned it into something concentrated and faintly tropical yet the wine still went into bottle at 9% alcohol. Alte Reben means the Webers' block of roughly eighty year old ungrafted Riesling in the Gross Schock, the south turning sector at the heart of the Krettnacher Euchariusberg; the deeper soil there lets roots reach far enough that the vines rarely lack water, no small advantage in