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

Produced from estate parcels (plus nearly 1 ha in Les Fremières) and aged entirely in used barrels

biodynamic (DEMETER) since 2012

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

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