Peter Lauer Riesling Barrel X 2024 MH Made in the Italian style

Made in the Italian style using all local Southern Californian grapes

Triple-distilled on a Christian Carl copper pot still from estate-grown Mulan wheat

a memory of freshly cut hay

Two men whose fathers co-founded Beaux Freres in 1991 decided to go make their own wine

On the nose primary hints of ripe fruit

Peter Lauer Riesling Barrel X 2024 MH Made in the Italian stylePeter Lauer's Barrel X is winemaker Florian Lauer's ideal expression: a slightly off dry Saar Riesling drawn from four villages along the river. The 2024 is impossibly balanced, with yellow fruit and white peach dancing across wet stone and slate minerality, all held together by refreshing acidity. Adventure in a glass: young enough to drink with curiosity, mineral enough to age, and structured enough to pair with food that few lighter whites could