Premier Cru Classé Sauternes with four centuries of sweet wine heritage
The Barton family has owned this estate since Hugh Barton's purchase in 1826
based on the 2019 vintage
A Burgundian vision in Provence
offering a harmonious blend of intensity
Peter Lauer, Riesling 'Barrel X', 2025 TEST Premier Cru Classé Sauternes withCall this the gateway drug to the Saar. Florian Lauer, fifth generation and one of Germany's brightest Riesling stars, blends fruit from four villages into Barrel X: power from Ayl and Wawern, racy acidity from Saarburg, spice from Wiltingen. It sits just off dry, feinherb in the German shorthand, meaning a whisper of sweetness that ripe fruit and zippy acidity swallow whole. Think of it as the Saar's answer to Bourgogne Blanc, an honest introduction