2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Gackes Oben', Mosel, Germany AMI The fruit is harvested earlier

The fruit is harvested earlier than for the single-variety bottlings

Trentino-Alto Adige

The 2023 shows the house’s hallmark precision: citrus and white-flower lift over a chalky

as well as his long-time employee and confident

partial whole-cluster with aging in tank and completely destemmed with aging in 5-10 year old oak barrels

2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Gackes Oben', Mosel, Germany AMI The fruit is harvested earlierThe Gackes Oben is sourced from a prime, central parcel of the Ritch, above the Gackes, which, you might imagine, is yet another word in the Mosel dialect for slate. The parcel is, literally, above a small wall of slate. These are the so called younger vines of 70 years old, mostly grafted and in the highest elevation of the vineyard at 220m where it is very windy, but also gets very direct sun. Welcome to the cooler part of the Ritsch. Gorgeous light