2025 Peter Lauer 'Barrel X' Saar Riesling, Mosel, Germany Domaine Leroy it shows classic floral lift

it shows classic floral lift

The soils are clay-limestone from the Kimmeridgien

They started this journey in 2021 and are excited for the wines to be born out of it

and a chalky mineral thread borne of Savennières’ famed hillside schist

2025 Peter Lauer 'Barrel X' Saar Riesling, Mosel, Germany Domaine Leroy it shows classic floral liftBarrel X is winemaker Florian Lauers Platonic ideal of what a slightly off dry (feinherb) Saar Riesling should be. If we were in Burgundy, this would be the equivalent of a Bourgogne Blanc. As an appellation level wine, it is sourced from multiple vineyards in four different villages of the Saar: Ayl (Lauers home village), Saarburg, Wawern and Wiltingen. Florian says, From Ayl and Wawern, the wine gains the fruit and power, from Saarburg the racy