2016 Fio "Falkenberg" Riesling, Mosel, GermanyABOUT THIS WINE On Dirks first trip back to the Mosel in many years, Phillip and Dirk stopped for lunch at a fine restaurant. Dirk asked the proprietor for the best dry Mosel in the house. They were served a 1997 Auslese Trocken from Fritz Haag. Wilhelm Haag, the winemaker and a legend in his time was the mentor of Dirk, and this wine became the blueprint for what they wanted to create with Falkenberg. Philipp says, After having this wine, we decided

fermented with indigenous yeasts and without pump-overs

The production of the domaine remains exclusively classic Chardonnay from Chablis

The wine is then aged for 17 months in barrel (50% new)

Hand-harvested

The estate is comprised of 8

Banshee Wines was started in 2009 with money borrowed from our friends and family

Age of the vines : 55 years old

The estate vineyards use sustainable practices and are LIVE Certified

“In 2012 we visited Ganevat

the bottles were riddled and disgorged with 6 g/L dosage

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Pardas' plantings all come from cuttings of old vines found in the region