Immich-Batterieberg, Riesling Trocken Steffensberg, 2024 SO0422_Reductions where Portlandian limestone—younger and harder

where Portlandian limestone—younger and harder than the famed Kimmeridgian soils below—creates wines of fresh immediacy

The 2017 reveals Taurasi’s dark core with firm tannins and lively acidity

Perfect neat

A decade of bottle age reveals what great Bourgueil can become

turns his hand to white Rhone varieties here

Immich-Batterieberg, Riesling Trocken Steffensberg, 2024 SO0422_Reductions where Portlandian limestone—younger and harderMost of the Mosel's great slopes are gray or blue slate, but Steffensberg is red, and that iron and copper rich rock throws off a distinctly spicy, exotic character you won't find in its neighbors. This dry single cru comes from roughly 60 year old ungrafted vines on those steep red terraces, farmed organically by Gernot Kollmann and fermented dry with wild yeast. It's the estate's point of contrast, all mandarin orange and spicy florals where the