This bottle occupies a fascinating place. While the wine has remained largely unknown to even some serious collectors, to the few who have tasted it and know about it, Stein’s “1900” bottling is considered one of the top wines of the Mosel, period. This is a vineyard of cultural importance, a historic site, the second-oldest producing Riesling vineyard in the Mosel with just over 1,000 vines, all of them ungrafted, planted in the year 1900 (thus the name of the cuvée). We have been eagerly awaiting the 119th edition of this wine all year, not only because of the acclaim of the vintage but because of the truly revelatory quality of Stein’s 2019ers.