Gunther Steinmetz, Riesling Trocken Wiltinger Rosenberg "Alte Reben", 2021 LWT3 Les Forts de Latour is

Les Forts de Latour is the second wine of Château Latour

in the hands of a serious young vigneron

While the estate is famous for its sweet Sauternes

this Danjou-Banessy red channels Roussillon's sunny Mediterranean soul through a biodynamic lens

and zero artifice

Gunther Steinmetz, Riesling Trocken Wiltinger Rosenberg "Alte Reben", 2021 LWT3 Les Forts de Latour isHere Stefan Steinmetz strays from his Middle Mosel home base to the cooler, higher strung Saar, and the change of address shows. The Wiltinger Rosenberg is a grey slate slope in Wiltingen, and this old vine ("Alte Reben") cuvee is bottled bone dry, with several months in oak adding a whisper of texture to the Saar's steely core. Expect a leaner, more crystalline kind of Riesling than his Mosel bottlings: taut, high acid, and unapologetically dry. An