2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Gackes Oben', Mosel, Germany Walter Scott The full clusters were foot

The full clusters were foot trodden in an open wood vat where it was macerated with the skins for three months and aged in barrel for 13 months before being bottled

The Antoniotti recently acquired a new parcel planted in 2013 that will eventually join the production (if the boars don't eat all the grapes

sandy-clay soils over soft limestone bedrocks

The wine is fermented in wooden tanks and aged on fine lees in second-hand oak casks

Sustainable (no herbicide)

2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Gackes Oben', Mosel, Germany Walter Scott The full clusters were footThe Gackes Oben is sourced from a prime, central parcel of the Ritsch, above the Gackes, which, you might imagine, is yet another word in the Mosel dialect for slate. The parcel is, literally, above a small wall of slate. These are the so called younger vines of 70 years old, mostly grafted and in the highest elevation of the vineyard at 220m where it is very windy, but also gets very direct sun. Welcome to the cooler part of the Ritsch. Gorgeous