From Vom Boden: "Note this is the single 2022 offering in this list. Most estates, including Lauer, hold back quantities of certain wines for fun, for a rainy day, or because they just feel like the wine needs more time....

From Vom Boden: "The "Neuenberg" slimmed down a lot this year; in fact, for the first time (I believe?) it is dry, with only 9 grams of residual sugar. The wine is sourced from a cherry parcel in the Grand...

From Vom Boden: "One of the great white wine deals in the world - within the German pantheon it is right there with Keller's 'von der Fels' and Emrich-Schönleber's 'Mineral' as truly Grand Cru wines that sell for 50% of...

From Vom Boden: "While everyone yanks the wheel to the right, doing ever-more dry wines, Lauer holds his own course, providing for us new treasures for our campaign: "Spätlese is the new Kabinett." Some say Spätlese is the heart of...

From Vom Boden: "No. 25 is Lauer's highest-level dry village Riesling sourced from two sites (Scheidterberg and Rauberg) that circle around the backside of the village. Historically a bit chilly, these sites are now coming into a glorious place -...

From Vom Boden: "Barrel X is the platonic ideal of what off-dry Saar Riesling should taste like, consisting of estate and purchased fruit from neighbors. If we were in Burgundy this would be the equivalent of a Bourgogne Blanc. As...

From Vom Boden: "The epitome of delicacy in a Spätlese. It is in no way a dry wine, yet the tart and salty vibrations might make parts of your brain think it is? This is supremely focused and clear, with...

From Vom Boden: "Another great, great Lauer Kupp Kabi; soaring citrus and stone fruit, a muscular ten grams of acidity slicing open the wine to reveal a super-polished mineral core, salty like an ocean breeze. This is the Saar at...

From Vom Boden: "Here we present only the third Kabinett Lauer has ever made from the Schonfels vineyard. Always, always - no matter if this is dry of off dry - you taste the site. Always, always, one of my...