Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2024 ALTCALI saline snap keeps it lively

saline snap keeps it lively and refreshing

complemented by notes of clove

Only 600 bottles were made of this tiny cuvée from one of our favorite Champagne producers

Giuseppe Benanti harvests Nerello Cappuccio—an ancient local grape used for centuries in this region

Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Altenberg Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2024 ALTCALI saline snap keeps it livelyHofgut 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