2021 Philip Lardot, Riesling 'Der Hirt' Landwein Trocken Mosel, Germany Speyside From a newly acquired parcel

From a newly acquired parcel in the wind-swept Schneidersberg section part of the Thörnicher Berg – this is in a side valley behind the main Ritsch and has a southwest exposition as opposed to most of the other sites listed here which face directly south

made from grapes picked seven days earlier

Aged for eight months

alluvial topsoil over clay-limestone bedrock

Thierry Puzelat

2021 Philip Lardot, Riesling 'Der Hirt' Landwein Trocken Mosel, Germany Speyside From a newly acquired parcelder Hirt is sourced from a south facing, red slate sandstone vineyard called Valwiger Herrenberg. As he is bottling everything as "Landwein", he is unable to indicate the vineyard site with such a wine, so Philip has created a persona, der Hirt or shepherd. This is, after all, the Herrenberg, or, hill of the shepherd. There are two parcels here that Philip worked (0. 21 hectares combined), both terraced, einzelstck vineyards with ungrafted vines