Künstler, Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Grosses Gewächs, 2023 NO20231108 Tickets are $50 and include

Tickets are $50 and include the full guided tasting plus a $20 store credit toward a future purchase

The fruit is hand-harvested and sorted with the same fuss he applies to his top bottlings

using 180 piñas (5

not just juice

and tart cherries

Künstler, Hochheimer Hölle Riesling Grosses Gewächs, 2023 NO20231108 Tickets are $50 and includeHlle means hell, but this steep slope in Hochheim is one of the Rheingau's great Riesling sites. Weingut Knstler farms it for Grosses Gewchs, Germany's designation for dry grand cru wines from its top vineyards. The Hlle's heavy clay marl subsoil, rich in calcium carbonate, drives a deep, chalky minerality, while a loamy loess topsoil lends balance. Hochheim sits on the Main rather than the Rhine, giving its wines a fuller, more powerful frame than