Peter Lauer, Riesling 'Barrel X', 2025 SO012726 Roagna secondary-driven wine with earth

secondary-driven wine with earth

The nose is beautifully perfumed and layered

and food-friendly

From a Grand Cru candidate vineyard—Les Suchots separates Echézeaux and Romanée-Saint-Vivant

Peter Lauer, Riesling 'Barrel X', 2025 SO012726 Roagna secondary-driven wine with earthCall 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