Bollig-Lehnert Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling Kabinett Bourbon

Bollig-Lehnert Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling Kabinett BourbonPairs with: Tandoori chicken Good for: Accompanying your favorite spicy meal Grape: Riesling I am from: Mosel, Germany The Story: Bollig Lehnert is a small, family run estate located in the middle Mosel Valley, with winemaking roots dating back to the 17th century. Since 1987, third generation winemaker Stefan Bollig has overseen roughly 18 acres of Mosel's finest Riesling vineyards in the villages of Trittenheim, Piesport and Dron. He and his family

toasted brown sugar

earthy gentian

fiercely defending the practice of dry-farming (zero artificial irrigation) to force the vines to adapt naturally to the elements

often utilizing traditional foot-crushing

dried apricots

apricot and some fresh banana

The legendary

Until 1991

with notes of just-picked lemon and touches of apple

I am Hakutsuru’s Organic Junmai — a sake born from centuries of Japanese brewing tradition and crafted with modern respect for purity and provenance

the property was inherited by his family and later purchased by Lazard Lion

On the palate this is clean and fresh with a wonderful mouthfeel that is backed by delicious orchard fruit and sweet lemon flavors that continue through a clean finish