RIESLING SINGULARITY III: Riesling described only as holy f*#king s@^t balls

Question 1

Kabinett, Bremmer Calmont, Franzen, 2019, Mosel – total acidity 6.8 grams / residual sugar 50.8 grams ($18, $20, $10.25)

Answer 1

• these grapes come from the youngest plantings, in a reclaimed section at the top of Calmont, a site called Fachkaul, it was re-planted by Kilian Franzen’s papa and was all done by hand
• the vineyard Calmont faces southeast/south/southwest
• Calmont is composed of weathered, red Devonian slate, with veins of quartzite
• Calmont stands 900 feet above the Mosel River
• the wine was fermented, with indigenous yeasts, in stainless steel… it then went through ML