Weingut Spreitzer Rheingau Riesling Oestricher Lenchen Kabinett 2024 SPDESSERT Southern Burgundy deserves serious attention

Southern Burgundy deserves serious attention

The 2023 has the structure and grip of a cooler vintage

Expect white flowers

and roasted espresso

organically-tended Zinfandel block in Paso Robles' Estrella District that he was eventually offered fruit from on the side

Weingut Spreitzer Rheingau Riesling Oestricher Lenchen Kabinett 2024 SPDESSERT Southern Burgundy deserves serious attentionKabinett is Germany's best trick: a wine this light has no business being this vivid. The Lenchen is the Spreitzers' home vineyard in Oestrich, low lying and deep soiled near the Rhine, and it gives grapes long hang time and serious ripe extract. Andreas and Bernd pick for freshness, ferment gently, and leave just enough residual sugar to balance the very high acidity rather than to sweeten anything. The wine that comes out is featherlight and packed