Stefan Muller, Riesling Trocken, 2024 SO083125 Mignon hand-harvesting them at peak ripeness

hand-harvesting them at peak ripeness

in the far north of Rheinhessen

Made with extended maceration and aged in large Slavonian botti

alongside Rousseau

loess) and the Danube's temperature moderation create conditions for crisp minerality without austerity

Stefan Muller, Riesling Trocken, 2024 SO083125 Mignon hand-harvesting them at peak ripenessThis is the everyday, bone dry face of a cult Saar grower, and it's the easiest place to fall for Stefan Muller. The fruit comes off old vines at the top of the red slate Herrenberg, a site known to throw a dash of spice into the glass. Vinified fully dry in a mix of steel and old cask, it's crunchy, mineral, and full of nervous energy, the kind of Riesling that snaps you awake. Low in alcohol and endlessly food friendly, it's the sort of bottle