*Must be 21 to purchase*

Stein’s “1900” bottling is one of the more extraordinary wines of the Mosel. The “1900” always, always has an uncanny sense of balance – there is a quivering and clean counterbalance to the baroque flourishes. The small, thick-skinned berries of the old vines, retained acidity and offer the wine not only minerals and rigor, but even a tense, green-resinous grip, something like pine needles ground up with mint.

It is wines like this that simply transcend those easy categories we use to organize the world and our experiences. Thus, words come up short.