Carl Loewen, Riesling 1896, 2022 030825NewWines mid-weight texture

mid-weight texture

with a gentle sweetness that makes it an ideal gateway mezcal

pot-distilled straight whiskeys: bourbon

structured

the wine is full-bodied with firm tannins providing structure and depth

Carl Loewen, Riesling 1896, 2022 030825NewWines mid-weight textureThe '1896' label on this bottle isn't decorative it refers to the year the vines on Maximin Herrenberg were planted. Christopher Loewen farms these ancient, ungrafted Riesling vines on a site above the Mosel that has been documented since the 10th century, and the age of the vines translates directly into the wine: deep, complex, and impossibly expressive for its ripeness level. Old vine Riesling from the Mosel doesn't look like this very often it has