Weingut Leiner - Handwerk Riesling 2024 - 750

This is an explosively flavorful and energetic bottling, loaded with pit fruit propelled by succulent acidity. The flavors go on for a startlingly long time. Part of its secret is sourcing from very high altitude slopes (yes, Mosel-like elevations in a sunny Pfalz style!) and a fertile soil cocktail of hummus and loam mixed with the most hilariously named soil type in Germany:  landschneckenkalk, which translates to "land snail chalk."  A richer, more serious wine than the liter at 12% alcohol.