Robert Weil, Riesling Spatlese Kiedricher Grafenberg, 2007 moving_liquidation_2 one of the island’s most

one of the island’s most respected estates

Most German sparkling sits on slate

and month-long maceration

and hints of black pepper unfold with each sip

where warm western winds and deep sandy soils push the indigenous Niellucciu (the island's name for Sangiovese) into something juicier

Robert Weil, Riesling Spatlese Kiedricher Grafenberg, 2007 moving_liquidation_2 one of the island’s mostA sweet, nobly ripe Riesling from Grafenberg, the Rheingau grand cru whose name means "Hill of the Counts" and whose quality has been documented since the twelfth century. Robert Weil sends pickers through this brutally steep, southwest facing slope up to 17 times, selecting only the ripest late harvested fruit off barren phyllite and loess soils, no botrytis here, just concentration from a long, sun drenched hang. That means the sweetness is pure,