Bussay is a tiny family estate now run by Dr
in the hands of a serious young vigneron
While the estate is famous for its sweet Sauternes
The powerful counterpart to Altos las Hormigas's Altamira bottling
Its heavy clay soils over sandstone contain a distinctive iron pan 12 inches below the surface that imparts unique minerality
Gunther Steinmetz, Riesling Trocken Wiltinger Rosenberg "Alte Reben", 2021 LWT3 Bussay is a tiny familyHere 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