2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Gackes Oben', Mosel, Germany La Ferme des Sept Lunes A special sipper

A special sipper

Remaining 32% is Chardonnay

textured and clean orange wine from an emerging natural producer in Alsace

50% of the juice goes into stainless tanks and the balance into neutral French oak to complete fermentation

100% Cesanese d'Affile grapes

2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Gackes Oben', Mosel, Germany La Ferme des Sept Lunes A special sipperThe Gackes Oben is sourced from a prime, central parcel of the Ritch, 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 light