For purists, there is nothing like the Saar. It is arguably one of the greatest, most unique wine-growing regions on earth. The core of greatness in the Saar is intensity without weight, grandiosity without size. Frank Schoonmaker put it best in his 1956 tome The Wines of Germany: “In these great and exceedingly rare wines of the Saar, there is a combination of qualities which I can perhaps best describe as indescribable – austerity coupled with delicacy and extreme finesse, an incomparable bouquet, a clean, very attractive hardness tempered by a wealth of fruit and flavor which is overwhelming.”
Yes, this is the Saar and Florian Lauer is currently one of the greatest winemakers in this sacred place.
Florian’s general style is exactly the opposite of his famous Saar neighbors Egon Müller and Hanno Zilliken. At Lauer, the focus is on dry-tasting Rieslings as opposed to the residual sugar wines of the latter two. Employing natural-yeast fermentations, Lauer’s wines find their own balance. They tend to be more textural, deeper and more masculine. They have a preternatural sense of balance, an energy that is singular. Yet the hallmarks of the Saar are there: purity, precision, rigor, mineral.
$39.00
Ayler Riesling Fass 2 is very clear and delicate on the pure, floral and flinty nose with its bright, graceful and precise fruit aromas. Intense and juicy on the palate,...
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Ayler Riesling Faß 3 is an archetypal Saar riesling with a great balance of crisp acidity, juicy apples and lemons. Technically this is off-dry, but it's a wonderful dry wine...
$43.00
Saar-typical apple and cherry are delivered in both fresh and distilled form on the penetrating nose, with yeast, apple pip, iodine and wet stone accents adding counterpoint and intrigue. The...
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The Ayler Kupp Unterstenberg Fass 12 offers a dark, flinty and still yeasty/earthy bouquet with ripe, darker-toned fruit and fresh peanut aromas. The nose is quite complex and very promising....
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The wine starts with cool, fresh, aromatic and very fine Kupp slate spiciness on the nose. In the mouth, it is juicy and elegant, balanced and already singing. On the...
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