Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Niederberg Helden Spatlese 2021 Old Rioja and totally unlike anything else

and totally unlike anything else

with a balanced sweetness

the wine is bottled bright and unforced

or can be used in creative and lower-alcohol cocktails

earthy complexity

Schloss Lieser Mosel Riesling Niederberg Helden Spatlese 2021 Old Rioja and totally unlike anything elseLieser Niederberg Helden is Schloss Lieser's home vineyard the steep blue slate slope right below the castle, and the heart of the six neglected hectares Thomas Haag inherited when he arrived in 1992. Sptlese here means fruit picked late, fermented slowly with wild yeast, and left with real sweetness that the Mosel's acidity slices straight through. 2021 was a cool, classical vintage on the river, the kind long time Mosel drinkers wait years for: low