Georg Breuer Riesling Trocken Lorch Pfaffenwies 2024 agrapart The altitude is the whole

The altitude is the whole story: phylloxera can't survive up here

and hints of pine sap as air opens it

The white grapes bring ethereal floral character and freshness to temper the Syrah's sunny power—white pepper

and the site brings a distinctive forest-floor character that the older Alma Fria vineyards don't quite have - wet moss

and this bottle is a perfect testament to her skill

Georg Breuer Riesling Trocken Lorch Pfaffenwies 2024 agrapart The altitude is the wholeTo get to Lorch and the Pfaffenwies vineyard, one has to traverse all the way to the western end of the Rheingau and follow the river as it hooks a sharp right back north. Here the south west facing slopes are cooler, less famous, and now perfectly situated to offer up the spine tingling, Saar like acidity of yesteryear. Lovers of Eva Fricke know Lorch for its intense minerality, and Theresa Breuer's wines are on pointstony, steely with a core of