ension and purity that stop you cold — the 2022 Daniel Twardowski "Pinot Noix Hofberg Réserve" is organically farmed Pinot Noir from two small plots within the Dhroner Hofberg Grand Cru where 40-to-70-year-old Riesling rootstock was grafted with Ponsot and DRC clones, producing a wine of remarkable concentration and slatey minerality that is simultaneously medium-bodied, crystalline, and built for a decade or more in the cellar. Native yeast fermentation in open tanks, no pumps, no filters, gravity-fed cellar, 17–18 months in barrel at 50% new oak — this is the top wine in Daniel Twardowski's tiny three-wine portfolio, a Burgundy fanatic's obsessive answer to the question Pascal Marchand asked him over lunch: "Why don't you make Pinot Noir in the Mosel?" Fun fact: this is the highest-priced Pinot Noir produced in the Mosel — and Klaus Peter Keller has called Twardowski's vines the best genetic quality Pinot Noir in Germany, no question. Pair with roast duck, lamb, aged hard cheese, or cellar it and open it at a moment worthy of the bottle.
