Carl Loewen Longuicher Riesling Erste Lage Trocken Maximin Herrenberg 1896 Alte Reben 2024 ALTCALI We have experimented with the

We have experimented with the use of Madeira barrels

300 feet against the rock wall of the Serra de Montsant and swing hard between hot days and cold nights

This half-bottle is the perfect way to settle the argument that Merlot can be serious

mineral and structured rather than the showy

Carl Loewen Longuicher Riesling Erste Lage Trocken Maximin Herrenberg 1896 Alte Reben 2024 ALTCALI We have experimented with theThe '1896' on this label is a birth year: these are ungrafted Riesling vines planted in the Maximin Herrenberg in 1896, which makes them some of the oldest living Riesling vines on the planet. They survived the phylloxera louse that wiped out most of Europe's original rootstock, and they still cling to a rare band of red slate on a steep, south facing Mosel slope. Christopher Loewen ferments the juice with wild yeasts, raises it in big old oak casks,