Weingut Staffelter Hof, Riesling QbA "862", Mosel, Germany 2021
100% Riesling
DRY, LIGHT, & DELICATE; LIME & SMOKY MINERAL
That’s not an area code (shout-out to our homies in New Jersey though), that’s the year Staffelter Hof was founded. And what you have founded here is their old-vine Riesling made for their 1160th anniversary — razor-sharp, bone-dry, full of juicy lime and soft grassiness, with a subtly smoky mineral all throughout. Elegant, refined, and as lithe and graceful as a wolf padding through the snow on a moonlit night, on his way to help plow a field.
Serving Suggestion: Read your horoscope & eat some hors d’oeuvres, this is an excellent start to any meal. Chicken liver bruschette, lobster cocktail, warm potato salad, spaetzle …
