2024 Lauer Riesling Grand Cru Neuenberg No. 17 Germany lightly extracted orange wine for

lightly extracted orange wine for those who like an orange porch pounder

A private label Cotes du Villages for importer Kermit Lynch crafted by the heroic co-op of Estezargues

This is one of two single-vineyard Riesling bottlings

this Vertus 1er Cru has a chiseled frame of a brut zero but it is not excessively bone-dry on the palate—the ample character typical of the village manifests itself in a round overall texture

Auslese is the ripest of grapes in the vineyard with some botrysis sneaking in

2024 Lauer Riesling Grand Cru Neuenberg No. 17 Germany lightly extracted orange wine forLauers 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