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Georg Breuer Riesling Trocken Lorch Pfaffenwies 2024

$11899

To get to Lorch and the Pfaffenwies vineyard, one has to traverse all the way to the western end of the Rheingau and follow the river as it hooks a sharp right back north. Here the south-west-facing slopes are cooler, less famous, and now perfectly situated to offer up the spine-tingling, Saar-like acidity of yesteryear. Lovers of Eva Fricke know Lorch for its intense minerality, and Theresa Breuer's wines are on point—stony, steely with a core of straight-laced acidity coursing throughout.

"The 2024 Riesling Lorcher Pfaffenwies is from vines that are now more than 60 years old. Green melon and a touch of woodruff lend this a scented air. The palate is wonderfully direct, strait-laced and arrow-like in its precision. Stone and lemon proceed hand in hand, intertwined and inseparable. The 2024 is wonderful. (Bone-dry). 95pts"—Anne Krebiehl, MW, Vinous

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"The 2024 Riesling Lorcher Pfaffenwies is from vines that are now more than 60 years old. Green melon and a touch of woodruff lend this a scented air. The palate is wonderfully direct, strait-laced and arrow-like in its precision. Stone and lemon proceed hand in hand, intertwined and inseparable. The 2024 is wonderful." —Anne Krebiehl, MW

More about Georg Breuer

George Breuer is wo-manned by the delightful Theresa Breuer, who took over for her father at 20 and has helped to center the spotlight back on her home region of Rheingau. This storied hillside, whose wines, at one point, graced every royal table in Europe, had been on a slow decline for decades. Thanks to the work of those like Theresa, Eva Fricke and Josie Leitz, their fortunes are deservedly back on the rise.

What sets these apart from the rest of the pack are their dry, mineral-imbued, late-release Rieslings aged in barrels. The estates is run by a team with an ambitious sense of perfection, a vineyard manager dedicated to sustainable farming methods with a Fair n’ Green® certification, and winemakers crafting cellar-worthy wines with as little intervention as possible -- "controlled idleness".

Theresa's only makes wine from Rheingau's best vineyard, crafted traditionally: fermented naturally and aged in large, old German oak Hösch barrels. Each one carries a sturdy and firm structure, but never feel heavy, and are far more mineral than fruity; these are classics with a solid backbone. The GB wines have become some of the culty-est in the enviable Skurnik German portfolio.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Riesling

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Skurnik Wines

<p>Variety: Riesling </br>Region: Rheingau </br>Appellation: Rheingau </br>Vineyard: Lorcher Pfaffenwies </br>Soil Type: Stony Hunsrück slate and Taunus quartzite soils with deep loess in the lower slopes </br>Fermentation & Élevage: Natural fermentation and aging in stainless steel and used oak</p>

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