Axel Pauly Tres Naris Mosel Riesling Trocken 2023

Axel Pauly Tres Naris Mosel Riesling Trocken 

Region: Mosel, Germany

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Riesling

ABV: 12%

Pale yellow in colour with green reflections, this an expressive Riesling that opens with aromas of blossoms, lemon, and peach. The palate is full of fresh, invigorating acidity and a mineral character that lingers on the long finish.

Tres Naris Riesling (‘Tres Naris’ means ‘Three Noses’; turn the label on its side and the hills of the Mosel become the noses of Axel, his father and his grandfather) was harvested from the family’s steeply sloping vineyard in Lieser. Here, the soil is predominantly blue slate, which is cooler than the red slate of neighbouring Bernkastel and seems to give more minerally wines than the latter. Stringent crop-thinning and leaf-plucking ensured excellent flavour concentration in the ripe grapes. The vines are aged between 22-42 years old.

Axel Pauly is a dynamic young star of German wine. After many years honing his craft across Germany, as well as in California and New Zealand, he took over the Pauly family estate, in the Mosel, from his father. Most of this 10-hectare estate is situated in the village of Lieser, at the heart of the Mosel Valley, with the exception of a small parcel in neighbouring Bernkastel. Fittingly, the label features the Mosel hills which, when turned on their side, reveals the ‘Tres Naris’ (or ‘three noses’) of Axel, his father and his grandfather.

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