Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2024 GROWER Pinot Meunier used to be

Pinot Meunier used to be Champagne's third wheel

Just 332 cases were made

Hand-harvested Chardonnay from clay-limestone soils spends time in oak

Japanese musk melon

all of them coinciding with classic Vintage Port declarations

Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2024 GROWER Pinot Meunier used to beHofgut Falkenstein is one of the Saar's most beloved addresses. Erich Weber and his son Johannes farm about 13 hectares of old Riesling vines close to organic, with low yields and ambient yeast fermentations in traditional 1,000 liter Fuder casks. They neither chaptalize nor de acidify, and bottle straight off the gross lees, cask by cask. The Krettnacher Altenberg Spatlese Trocken is usually the driest wine in the lineup, an unapologetically bracing