Stefan Muller, Riesling Kabinett Altenberg, 2024 limestone tasting and completely unforgettable

and completely unforgettable

and it channels that signature iron-red minerality without asking you to think about it too hard

layers of minerality

it has been owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite)

wrapped in firm but polished tannins

Stefan Muller, Riesling Kabinett Altenberg, 2024 limestone tasting and completely unforgettableThis is Kabinett the old fashioned way: low in alcohol, gently fruity sweet, and strung along a wire of Saar acidity that keeps it from ever feeling heavy. The Krettnacher Altenberg is one of the great steep, cool sites of the region, and it hides a rarity, patches of green slate (Diabas) alongside the usual blue grey. That unusual soil gives this wine a filigreed, apple and tangerine precision. At 7. 5% alcohol it's a joy to sip your way through an