Laurentiuslay, Riesling, Alte Reben, Trocken, 2024
Powdery and fine in feel, but with depth and intensity, sculpted aromas and elegant balance, all very salty and mineral – not a fruit forward wine but one of real clarity. Laurentiuslay is the top site in the village of Leiwen. The soils are grey slate and hard stone, and the Carl Loewen vines are an impressive 105 years old, fully ungrafted. Fermented and aged in traditional fuder barrels, bottled in April before the weather warms.
critic reviews
The 2024 Riesling Leiwener Laurentiuslay Alte Reben is from one of the steepest sites in Leiwen, on gray slate. This was picked in the core of the site from ungrafted, single-stake vines that are now over 100 years old. Ripe Reine Claude plums come with overtones of hayflower and wet stone on the nose. The palate is flow, harmony and concentrated, stony, lemony suppleness. This flows with exquisite juiciness and wonderful elongation. (Dry)