bottled with very little sulphur
with an iron and earth undertow beneath the cherry
which is how everything leaves this cellar
Gisous comes from the oldest vines Sylvère Trichard farms
the first and gentlest pressing of Niagara grapes
Herr Kretz 2021 L'étranger bottled with very little sulphurHerr Kretz is the serious end of what Andi Mann makes, a Riesling off his best Eckelsheim parcels bottled only when the vintage justifies it. Organic fruit, wild yeast fermentation, and as little done in the cellar as he can manage, on the principle that texture and balance arrive on their own if you let them. The 2021 is the cooler, tighter vintage, and it behaves accordingly: subtle fruit, savoury undertones and a grounded, mineral core, unfolding