This wine hails from a parcel of one hundred year-old, ungrafted vines in the Laurentiuslay vineyard in Leiwen and was fermented and raised in fuder. The 2017 is twelve percent alcohol and carries eight grams per liter of residual sugar. This is absolutely superb on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet offering up scents of sweet grapefruit, tart orange, wild yeasts, a beautiful base of slate, citrus peel and a nice touch of lemongrass in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, suave and complex, with excellent balance and grip, snappy, ripe acids and superb length and grip on the focused and racy finish. A lovely wine. (Drink between 2021-2050)

The 2017 Laurentiuslay Riesling Spätlese is discreet and floral with hazelnut notes on the delicate yet subtly intense nose. Lush and piquant on the palate, this is a sweet, concentrated, well-structured yet finessed and persistently salty Laurentiuslay with a long, seriously firm finish. Excellent and with great aging potential. Tasted in April 2019. (SR)