Philip Lardot - Pinot Noir Mosel 2022 750ml (12.0% abv)
Philip is a young dude – he did his first harvest in the Mosel in 2013 with Clemens Busch and quickly decided to quit his job back in Amsterdam and return to work in the Mosel with Clemens through 2014. 2015 and 2016 involved apprenticeships at places like Henri Milan, Bernard Baudry and Bertrand Jousset, though Chenin didn’t do it for him like the Riesling did (with apologies and love to Pascaline). So back to Germany Philip went in the spring of 2016. He went there with few plans: only to learn, to taste as much as he could and, hopefully, someday, to make some wines. The pull of the Mosel is real, and when it calls, well, you go.
He ended up really digging these “Stein wines”
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a certain briskness, a levity, a streamlined yet whip-smart acidity, a fine-toothed grip.
This offering, a single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Wintricher Grosser Herrgott by Stein's protégé Philip Lardot is a tour-de-force of Mosel Pinot.
I was absolutely blown away by the ease of the wine, by its easy rusticity and picture-perfect balance.
For those of you with a reference for Mosel Pinot Noir, Lardot's version rests somewhere between the textural yet clear style of Ulli Stein and the rather crystalline and severe style of Jonas Dostert in the Obermosel.
Lardot's version has restraint and energy, yet is also generous and layered, with a rather surprising level of detail and complexity. The red berry fruit is mouthwatering and alive, the herbal details fresh and vivid. The minerality is Mosel.
The wine is just a joy to drink.
If it's hard to find Pinot Noir that overdelivers for the price, this is that rare bird. Yes, this is delicious, ridiculously priced and rare. Be warned, our small parcel is not likely to last too long.
So while this wine is likely to be sold out before it arrives, Lardot's wines, including his Pinot Gris and a revelatory lineup of single-vineyard Rieslings, are only beginning to be more widely available in the U.S.
Lardot's is a story that is just beginning to be told.
The work Philip and his partner Rosalie Curtin are doing in the Mosel is nothing short of heroic. But more than that, their work is vitally important.
In fact, Philip visited New York in March of 2024 and his trip inspired us to take a look at the state of the Mosel. Maybe you saw the vom Boden article "Saving the Mosel" specifically reviewing the state of the Mosel's terraces and Lardot's role in trying to save the most vulnerable of them? If not, you can find the article here.
Maybe you saw the "Save the Mosel" T-shirts? All profits will go toward saving the terraces of the Mosel and helping those who work them. Maybe you bought one?
While the Mosel's Spätburgunder culture is on the dramatic ascent, the region's historic terraces and ungrafted, old-vine heritage is in grave danger.
We need to celebrate the new language of the Mosel, these angelic Pinot Noirs, while also supporting the profound and deep culture of Mosel Riesling.
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Easy rusticity and picture-perfect balance—this is single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Wintricher Grosser Herrgott by Stein’s protégé Philip Lardot.
For those of you with some reference for Mosel Pinot Noir, Lardot’s version rests somewhere in between the more textural yet clear style of Ulli Stein and the rather severe and crystalline style of Jonas Dostert in the Obermosel.
Lardot’s version has restraint and energy, yet is also generous and layered, with a rather surprising level of detail and complexity. The red berry fruit is mouthwatering and alive, the herbal details fresh and vivid. The minerality is Mosel.
Delicious, light bodied & chillable, juicy, Bing cherry, earthy, minerality - silky tannins, perfectly balanced
from the Wintricher Grosser Herrgott in the Mosel. Spontaneous and maturation in a combination of vessels, mainly neutral barrel. Unfined, unfiltered, minimal added SO2.
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