2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Riesling, Mosel, Germany Menade 8% Charbono and 2% Cordisco

8% Charbono and 2% Cordisco from Las Compuertas

The harmonious palate is medium-bodied with fine definition

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Pair it with all kinds of meats

Barrel X” is Florian Lauer’s Platonic ideal of what a slightly off-dry (feinherb) Saar Riesling should be

2022 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Riesling, Mosel, Germany Menade 8% Charbono and 2% CordiscoThe 2022 Thrnicher, as it is referred to on the consumer label, is an off dry wine (with 12 g l of residual sugar) made from fruit harvested in the steep parts of the Enggass and Ritsch. Restrained at first, the nose reveals fine herbaceous and lemony notes, with anise, smoke, flintstone, fine spices, white peach, cardamom, and mint. The wine is deliciously fresh and slightly juicy on the palate, with plenty of spices and a saline edge which gives