2023 Peter Lauer Saar Reserve Riesling Sekt Brut, Mosel, Germany Donnhoff 3-hectare planting of 40-year-old Gamay

3-hectare planting of 40-year-old Gamay in manganese-rich granite with southeastern exposition

planted to old-vine Pinot Noir on shallow clay-limestone soils typical of the lower slope

And for such a young wine

with bubbles that can drive you crazy (positively – this explains the name)

From vines up to 30 years old in various east-facing plots — yields are 8 tons per hectare

2023 Peter Lauer Saar Reserve Riesling Sekt Brut, Mosel, Germany Donnhoff 3-hectare planting of 40-year-old GamayFrom the domain: Since 1984, we have been producing our Riesling sparkling wine in the cellar of the historic Joh. Frster winery in Trier Sd. Below this Art Nouveau building, there is an extensive multi story cellar. Those rooms are ideal for maturing sparkling wine using the Champagne method. Second fermentation in bottle and riddling by hand. The sparkling wines from Lauer mature at 8 to 10 degrees Celsius in dark vaulted rooms for over 40 months