Gunther Steinmetz, Riesling Trocken Wiltinger Rosenberg "Alte Reben", 2021 LWT3 and power—everything you'd expect from

and power—everything you'd expect from this legendary estate

While the estate is famous for its sweet Sauternes

Les Forts de Latour is the second wine of Château Latour

so it tastes like a baby Meursault at a fraction of the cost

Gunther Steinmetz, Riesling Trocken Wiltinger Rosenberg "Alte Reben", 2021 LWT3 and power—everything you'd expect fromHere Stefan Steinmetz strays from his Middle Mosel home base to the cooler, higher strung Saar, and the change of address shows. The Wiltinger Rosenberg is a grey slate slope in Wiltingen, and this old vine ("Alte Reben") cuvee is bottled bone dry, with several months in oak adding a whisper of texture to the Saar's steely core. Expect a leaner, more crystalline kind of Riesling than his Mosel bottlings: taut, high acid, and unapologetically dry. An