Weingut Spreitzer Rheingau Riesling Alte Reben Oestricher Klosterberg Trocken 2023 22BDX low-intervention style to preserve freshness

low-intervention style to preserve freshness and tension - a long way from the jammy

and the wine to pour when you want someone to understand Friuli

a fiercely traditional grower in La Morra working barely three hectares with a philosophy that hasn't changed in decades: very low yields

A great gateway orange for the curious

Weingut Spreitzer Rheingau Riesling Alte Reben Oestricher Klosterberg Trocken 2023 22BDX low-intervention style to preserve freshnessThe Spreitzer family has been growing Riesling in Oestrich since 1641, and brothers Andreas and Bernd have spent the last few decades proving the Rheingau can still make dry Riesling that walks a tightrope. Klosterberg is their higher, stonier site, a mix of slate, quartzite and loess, and this bottling comes from the oldest vines there, which push deeper and give less fruit but more of everything else. It is fermented cleanly and slowly, aged on its