2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Monster' 1.5L Magnum, Mosel, Germany Richard Brendon One of three newer

One of three newer

2018 Rivers-Marie Platt Vineyard Chardonnay

Bottled at 90 proof

From Jobard "this is a fermage from Domaine Mussy in Pommard that I bought in August 2019

The grapes were picked late in the year

2021 Weingut Hermann Ludes Thornicher Ritsch Riesling Kabinett 'Monster' 1.5L Magnum, Mosel, Germany Richard Brendon One of three newerThis is a powerful, broad and silly complex Kabinett sourced from what Julian thinks is the best parcel they own in the Ritsch it is also the biggest single parcel at 1. 1 hectares, thus it is called the monster parcel. The wine flashes layers and layers of fruit, a fascinating assortment of ripe apples, pear and citrus oils, all of them edged or underlined by a sweet, earthy balsamic. Its so complex, as if an opulent, tropical world of guava and