Germany. MacArthur Beverages

NV Dr. Wagner - Saar Riesling Sekt Brut

750ml | SKU 92275 | 5 Available

$31.99

2022 Emrich-Schonleber - Rivaner Trocken

750ml | SKU 95418 | 5 Available

$24.99

2023 Haag, Fritz - Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Spatlese (750ml)

750ml | SKU 102357 | 24 Available

95 VM

The 2023 Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Spätlese opens with a smoky aspect followed by tangerine vivaciousness. This aromatic notion of tangerine peel plunges into sweetness, filling the senses and expanding with sweet freshness. Lovely balance...

$41.99

NV Hild Elbling Brut (750ml)

750ml | SKU 100908 | 12 Available

The Obermosel: no story is told, untile someone tells it

The Upper Mosel has nothing to do with Riesling and nothing to do with slate. Instead, we find limestone. The Upper Mosel in fact represents the beginning (or the end?) of the Paris Basin, the geological reality that informs places like Chablis and Sancerre. Instead of Riesling, in the Upper Mosel we find a winemaking culture based on one of Europe’s oldest grapes: Elbling. It’s important to understand that Elbling here feels like something of a religion. It’s a culture, a regional dialect that is spoken through this wine of rigorous purity, of joyous simplicity, of toothsome acidity. The joy of Elbling is the uncompromising vigor and energy, the raucous and super-chalky acidity. Matthias Hild, who farms about six hectares in the sleepy town of Wincheringen, told me that back in the 1980s, when he’d have an Elbling clock in at less than 8.5 grams acid, he’d taste it and question if it was Elbling at all. Which is sort of like saying you’re not sure the music is loud enough because your ears aren’t bleeding.

Vines for the Sekt are from within 4km of Wincheringen. After harvest the Sekt goes through a 21-day cold fermentation in stainless steel. After malolactic fermentation the wine is stored on it’s lees for 9-18 months until disgorgment. Dosage is 10-12g/L.

-Importer notes (Vom Boden)

$21.99