2025 Peter Lauer 'Barrel X' Saar Riesling, Mosel, Germany Le Ragnaie and we ended up with

and we ended up with a beautifully expressive (and crystal clear) Chardonnay that we are loving right now

Les Champs Gains is the vineyard directly below the 1er Cru Caillerets

8 hectares

and complex wine that should age up to 15 years

2025 Peter Lauer 'Barrel X' Saar Riesling, Mosel, Germany Le Ragnaie and we ended up withBarrel X is winemaker Florian Lauers Platonic ideal of what a slightly off dry (feinherb) Saar Riesling should be. If we were in Burgundy, this would be the equivalent of a Bourgogne Blanc. As an appellation level wine, it is sourced from multiple vineyards in four different villages of the Saar: Ayl (Lauers home village), Saarburg, Wawern and Wiltingen. Florian says, From Ayl and Wawern, the wine gains the fruit and power, from Saarburg the racy