2024 Peter Lauer Riesling Grand Cru Kern Fass 9, Mosel, Germany Dhondt-Grellet The name of this wine

The name of this wine is a pun on the popular french term vin de soif aka “wine for thirst”

Chardonnay 20%

with tannins so light they are barely detectable

Soils/Terroir: Calschistes de l’Albien (calcareous black shale)

2024 Peter Lauer Riesling Grand Cru Kern Fass 9, Mosel, Germany Dhondt-Grellet The name of this wineNamed after the 19th century businessman who bought and cleared the land, these 70 year old, ungrafted vines offer, consistently, one of Lauer's most compelling off dry wines something like the "Stirn" yet with a bit more body and density. Silly good in 2024. vB MFW: "The 2024 Kern No. 9, as it is referred to in the central part of the label, is a fully off dry wine (with 30 g l of residual sugar) made from fruit harvested in a complete cross section