Immich-Batterieberg, Riesling Ellergrub, 2024 112205OFFER it carries the oxidative character

it carries the oxidative character that defines serious Jura whites: sometimes wild

He farms high-elevation granite parcels in Beaujolais organically and vinifies in the traditional semi-carbonic way

6 hectares

and Laurent Cazottes grows it organically for the express purpose of distilling it

A bottle past fifty years old is a rare window into how these wines evolve

Immich-Batterieberg, Riesling Ellergrub, 2024 112205OFFER it carries the oxidative characterEllergrub sits right next door to Batterieberg but tells a completely different story, and that story is written in blue slate. This dizzyingly steep single cru is planted with very old ungrafted vines, and it's the site Gernot Kollmann reaches for when he wants delicacy and refinement rather than sheer power. Farmed organically and fermented dry with wild yeast, it's raised in old wood the same way the estate treats all its top crus. Where