Stein - "Cuvée X" 2024

It’s popular amongst artists to justify their art by the expression “It speaks for itself’. However, that doesn’t quite hold for the existence of Cabernet Sauvignon planted in the impossibly steep slopes of a grand cru site in the Mosel. This deserves an explanation.

Dr. Ulrich Stein, call him Ulli, is a staunch traditionalist—firmly committed to ungrafted old vines and steep slope viticulture—yet with a penchant towards the absurd and iconoclastic. Something like soulful audacity.

Aromatic, and distinctly botanical. Pungent aromas of wild strawberry, tart red currant, light notes of menthol, lavender, and dried eucalyptus.

Type: Red
Producer: Stein
Varietal: 60-70% Pinot Noir, ~25% Cabernet Sauvignon and remainder is Merlot
Country: Germany
Region: Lower Mosel
Farming: Working Organic, No copper sulphate