{"product_id":"2023-steinmetz-wintricher-geierslay-trocken-riesling-sur-lie-mosel-saar-ruwer-germany-copy","title":"2023 Steinmetz Wintricher Geierslay Trocken Riesling \"Sur Lie\", Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany (Copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003e o understand the primary difference between the regular Trocken Riesling and the Sur Lie Trocken Riesling: While both are bone-dry, the regular Trocken is a razor-sharp, electric wine focusing on piercing citrus fruit and raw slate minerality, whereas the \"Sur Lie\" uses 11 months of yeast contact to trade that sharp edge for a softer, weightier, and beautifully creamy texture with complex, savory undertones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Trocken Riesling \"Sur Lie\" opens with a highly expressive and complex aromatic profile, showing a brilliant intersection of pristine fruit and deep, savory lees influence. Aromas of ripe yellow peach, crisp green pear, and tart lemon curd are layered alongside subtle undertones of fresh sourdough, ginger skin, and wild white blossoms. On the palate, the wine delivers exceptional tension and concentration within a characteristically light framework. The extended 11-month maturation on the gross lees imparts a distinctly soft, rounded, and gently creamy texture that beautifully rounds out the grape's racy, lithe acidity. This textural breadth gives way to a chiseled, laser-focused core of wet blue-grey slate and quartzite minerality. The finish is remarkably long, structured, and bone-dry, leaving a lingering, salty mineral drive and a clean, vibrant snap of citrus zest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"yADgie\"\u003e95 Points — JamesSuckling.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"yADgie\"\u003e: Stuart Pigott (the primary reviewer for German wines on the platform) heavily champions Steinmetz's dry Mosel Rieslings for their breathtaking intensity and Off-the-scale concentration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are a third-generation winery in Brauneberg. We took over the business from our parents and are continuing the tradition that our family started over a hundred years ago. A wife and husband team, Sammie and Stefan Steinmetz brings you tradition, innovation and craft in every bottle representing the classic characteristics of German wine bursting with flavors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey practice what they call “natural viticulture,” which means using no fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides, plus controlling yields and carefully harvesting and sorting by hand. They’ve focused on acquiring plots of old, own-rooted Riesling parcels when possible. The Brauneberger Juffer site is the trademark of their winery, and they also own plots in such famous sites as Kestener Paulinshofberg, Piesporter Goldtröpfchen, Wintricher Geierslay and Oligsberg, Mülheimer Sonnenlay, Veldenzer, Grafschafter Sonnenberg, and Dhroner Hofberg. The extremely steep slopes in these areas mean that they can only be worked by hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weingut Günther Steinmetz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49051729199348,"sku":"202RTRSLGRM202607300","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/5224\/6215\/files\/Gunther-Steinmetz-Riesling-Wintricher-Geierslay-Sur-Lie-2023-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.webp?v=1785440108","url":"https:\/\/thewineconcierge.co\/products\/2023-steinmetz-wintricher-geierslay-trocken-riesling-sur-lie-mosel-saar-ruwer-germany-copy","provider":"The Wine Concierge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}