J.B. Becker Riesling Trocken Wallufer 2022 NO20230927 and this is Pinot Noir

and this is Pinot Noir at its most transparent: a Blanc de Noirs (a white wine from a red grape) off one organically farmed plot planted back in 1962

the pleasant stimulation from the gas

Some of these grapes get sold off to Guillaume Selosse

which involves extended skin contact to extract both the vivid color and the complex

and the name of this bottling is not subtle about it

J.B. Becker Riesling Trocken Wallufer 2022 NO20230927 and this is Pinot NoirThe Becker estate pioneered dry Riesling in the Rheingau, and this 2022 exemplifies their commitment to austere elegance and minerality. Brisk and flinty with bright citrus, crisp apple, and stony notes, the wine carries sea breeze aromatics and impressive density built by wild yeast fermentation followed by two years in barrel. Fully organic, unapologetically dry.