2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Riesling, Mosel, Germany Menade Barrel X” is Florian Lauer’s

Barrel X” is Florian Lauer’s Platonic ideal of what a slightly off-dry (feinherb) Saar Riesling should be

so I see no need to delay gratification

The nose offers ultraripe cherry and currant fruits backed by vanillin oak

blackberry) and violets

featuring tannins that have been polished by patience

2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Riesling, Mosel, Germany Menade Barrel X” is Florian Lauer’sThe 2022 Thrnicher, as it is referred to on the consumer label, is an off dry wine (with 12 g l of residual sugar) made from fruit harvested in the steep parts of the Enggass and Ritsch. Restrained at first, the nose reveals fine herbaceous and lemony notes, with anise, smoke, flintstone, fine spices, white peach, cardamom, and mint. The wine is deliciously fresh and slightly juicy on the palate, with plenty of spices and a saline edge which gives