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NV Laherte Freres - Champagne Extra Brut Rose de Meunier

750ml | SKU 93179 | 58 Available

92 VM

The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Meunier is another terrific wine from Laherte. The Extra Brut style yields a Rosé with more breadth and greater vinous intensity than the Ultradition version. The textural intensity and overall volume here are so appealing. Hi...

$69.99

NV Laherte Freres - Champagne Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs

750ml | SKU 74204 | 28 Available

$69.99

2023 Lail - Sauvignon Blanc Napa Blueprint

750ml | SKU 98433 | 20 Available

$59.99

NV l'Archiviste (Martine's) Maury AOC Hors d'Age (1979,2012,b.2023)

750ml | SKU 96324 | 4 Available

$79.99

2022 LaRue - Pinot Noir Sonoma

750ml | SKU 99299 | 22 Available

$65.99

2023 Lauer, Peter - Saar Riesling Fass 15 Stirn (750ml)

750ml | SKU 100315 | 4 Available

96 VM

The 2023 Riesling Ayler Kupp Stirn No. 15, picked on the crest of the Ayler Kupp at almost 275 meters, benets from a south-facing but cool and ventilated location. Old vines yield tiny grapes and an airy sense of ripe peach and apricot rises dreamily f...

$44.99

2024 Lauer, Peter - Ayler Kupp Riesling AYL Premier Cru - dry (750ml)

750ml | SKU 102763 | 18 Available

German wine fans should expect to see more of these “1G” wines going forward. Essentially a “Premier Cru” wine, these can be made from either single-vineyard, “premier cru-designated” sites or, as Lauer does, a blend of premier cru-designated sites from a village. This wine is sourced from top parcels in and around Ayl; in essence a “baby GG” the wine has all the density and texture you’d expect from a top Lauer wine.

Since 2022, the VDP has classified Ayler Scheidterberg as a Erste Lage or “Premier Cru”. This site is very sheltered southern exposure that allows a slow and long ripening deep into autumn. Stony-fresh and dense core that is remarkably playful and relatively open in it’s youth.

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$42.99

2024 Lauer, Peter - Riesling Fass 12 Unterstenberg (750ml)

750ml | SKU 102764 | 24 Available

93 VM

Over the 15+ years I’ve been closely following Florian’s wines the Unterstenberg (sourced from the lower part of the Kupp mountain, “unter” the “berg”) has shed sugar, from a bit under 20, to then 15 and even lower. Once again, for 2024, this wine is legally dry at around 5 grams residual sugar. I love it in this dry / drier form, with the schmaltzy, glycerin depth of the mid-palate and the profound, smoky savory quality. This is a serious damn bottle of wine and one of the highlights of the collection.

“Unterstenberg” can be translated, roughly, as “under the mountain” – the “unter” being “under,” the “berg” translating to “mountain.” And indeed when you click the map to the left, you see the white rectangle denoting the vineyard, there at the base, the bottom, of the Kupp.

The location of this vineyard shapes absolutely everything about the wine; everything runs down the mountain after all. Thus the Unterstenberg is one of the few sites that rarely lacks for water, even in drier years. The vineyard’s location means it is also the final resting place for most of the fine, weathered slate and soil that has been washed down over the centuries. The larger rock, unable to be moved by water, remains up top, while Unterstenberg has a relatively deep, mineral-rich soil. The water and the soil mean that this is a rather vigorous site; the growth here can be explosive. Finally, the site’s location at the bottom, nearing the valley, means that there can be some botrytis down here, though of course Florian will select most of this out.

What does this mean for the wine itself? It tends to be one of the broadest and most powerful of Lauer’s dry wines. Because of the ample water, it has a mineral expression that is multifaceted, complex, deep. Interestingly, Unterstenberg is one of the few Lauer wines that has changed its signature dramatically at times; in the late 2000s the wine tended to be rather “Feinherb” in style. Since 2012, for reasons unknown to Florian, the wine has been fermenting closer to dry, having a “dry tasting” style not dissimilar to “Senior” and has shed sugar, first from a bit under 20, to then 15 and now even lower – it is dry this vintage at under 5 grams residual sugar. I love it in this dry / drier form, with the schmalzy, glycerin depth of the mid-palate emphasized and defined by the acidity’s cut and lift.

For those of you that know Lauer’s Stirn bottling, it is exactly the opposite of Unterstenberg, located only 300 feet up the hill. If you wanna have fun, open these bottles side by side and have a master-class in terroir. Only 300 feet apart, yet the difference between them is night and day.

Importer notes (Vom Boden)

$46.99

2024 Lauer, Peter - Riesling Fass 17 Neuenberg (750ml)

750ml | SKU 102765 | 15 Available

94 VM

Lauer’s Neuenberg is one of the most curious, most complex wines he makes. As always with Lauer, the terroir is to blame.

Bone dry in 2024 which is wild – this wine is a gut-punch, in the best possible way. The best Neuenberg ever? For me, maybe. The wine is sourced from a cherry parcel in the Grand Cru Kupp, one that sees the cool morning sun as well as the warmer afternoon sun and, situated as it is at the bottom of the slope, it can often have a bit of mist or fog lingering about.

Thus we have in Neuenberg one of Florian’s most dazzling wines. It is luxurious and textural and glycerin-rich and layered. It is the Saar’s response to the generosity and exoticism of a wine like Meursault Genevrieres. A good decant or a few years in the cellar can do a lot bring out the depth of this wine. Pair with a ****ing steak.

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$49.99

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