Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Trocken Schiefer 2023 ABC321 Whole-cluster fermentation lends a peppery

Whole-cluster fermentation lends a peppery lift

and it deliberately breaks the Cava mold: 85% Chardonnay with a splash of Parellada

and charcoal frame deep currents of blackcurrant and cherry

limestone-rich soils keep the wine lifted instead of heavy

Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Trocken Schiefer 2023 ABC321 Whole-cluster fermentation lends a pepperySchiefer just means slate the dark rock that soaks up sun all day and hands it back to the vines at night, and the reason the Mosel tastes like nowhere else. This is Schloss Lieser's dry Riesling, picked mainly in the Kestener Paulinshofberg, where the slate lies deeper and lighter, then fermented in stainless steel so nothing gets in the way. Thomas and Ute Haag brought this estate back from near ruin starting in 1992, and even their everyday dry