2024 Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken Altenberg AP-7. Saar, Germany Kanbara The wine is then bottled

The wine is then bottled without filtration on a waning moon between August and September

Gentle extraction

with no pump-overs or punch-downs

which combines subtle notes of green tea

Northern Rhone

2024 Hofgut Falkenstein, Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken Altenberg AP-7. Saar, Germany Kanbara The wine is then bottledThe Riesling grapes are gently pressed whole bunch, and their musts are left overnight to settle naturally, before being racked and fermented with ambient yeasts in 1,000 liter Fuder casks (Fuderfsser) and a couple of 500 liter Halbfuder, the traditional fermenting and aging vessels for Mosel wine. Most of their vineyards are located on various south facing slopes, including Niedermenniger Herrenberglisted as Zuckerberg on Franz Josef Clottens 1868