Koehler-Ruprecht, Riesling Kabinett Trocken Kallstadter, 2023 wholesale-only the acidity keeps it lifted

the acidity keeps it lifted

Lore Olds began farming this 14-acre east-facing slope in 1973

and just a hint of spice

near the Brusquières plateau

and aged in older French oak (puncheons and hogsheads) to keep the focus on fruit and site rather than wood

Koehler-Ruprecht, Riesling Kabinett Trocken Kallstadter, 2023 wholesale-only the acidity keeps it liftedThe friendliest door into one of Germany's great traditionalist cellars. This is Koehler Ruprecht's village Riesling, blended from plots across Kallstadtincluding, this vintage, a little declassified Saumagen fruitand raised the old way in big neutral casks. 'Kabinett Trocken' here is the estate's house code for dry, but this one is dry not bone dry: the roundest, most approachable wine in the dry lineup, all limestone drive softened by a welcoming