- Region
- Mosel
- Producer
- Weingut Hermann Ludes
- Vintage
- 2015
- Grape varieties
- 100% Riesling
- Bottle size
- 75 cl
- Ratings
- 93 points Robert Parker
- Alcohol
- 7.5%
- Prädikat category
- Auslese
- Special characteristic
- Contains sulphites
- Rare bottle
- Net item
93
Manual harvest followed by wild-yeast fermentation in stainless steel. No subsequent yeast inoculations or enzyme additions. No acidification or deacidification – not now, not ever. After a long period of lees ageing, the wines receive the bare minimum of sulphur and are bottled under screw top.
Complex nose of enormous depth, with ripe fruit and wet stone. Elegant and mild on the palate, with wonderful freshness and fine salinity.
The slate terraces carved into Ritsch, the steep Grosse Lage (grand cru) in the Mittelmosel village of Thörnich, are home to old Riesling vines, many of which are ungrafted. The Ludes family farm their 12 hectares of vineyard in an environmentally friendly manner, without fertilisers or any other chemical interventions.