A Riesling master's everyday gem
2021 Weingut Josef Leitz Riesling Eins Zwei Dry
Johannes Leitz is one of the most decorated names in German wine, a Gault Millau Winemaker of the Year who farms steep, slate-covered slopes in the Rheingau and turns out some of the finest dry Rieslings on earth, bottles sommeliers revere and collectors chase. This is not one of those bottles. This is his everyday one, and it might be the smartest wine buy you make all year. The name is a wink: say it out loud, "eins, zwei, dry," German for one, two, dry. The wine is exactly as fun as it sound…
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Organic, Razor-Sharp Rheingau
Unbeatable everyday value
Jam
$30.00
Our Price
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Tasting notes
Aroma
White peach and green apple, lime blossom and lemon zest, with apricot and a clean, wet-stone minerality.
Palate
Bright, zesty, and crisp, with juicy citrus and orchard fruit, a whisper of sweetness, and a long, mineral, dry finish.
White Wine Body Profile
Light
Bold
Body Profile
Feather-light
18/100 Intensity
Light
Bold
18.0/100
Feather-light
Lifted
Balanced
Structured
Powerful
Grapes
100% Riesling
ABV
11.5%
Serving
47–52°F
Window
2025–2066
In Detail
Johannes Leitz’s razor-sharp, organically farmed 2021 "Eins Zwei Dry"
Johannes Leitz is one of the most decorated names in German wine, a Gault Millau Winemaker of the Year who farms steep, slate-covered slopes in the Rheingau and turns out some of the finest dry Rieslings on earth, bottles sommeliers revere and collectors chase. This is not one of those bottles. This is his everyday one, and it might be the smartest wine buy you make all year.
The name is a wink: say it out loud, "eins, zwei, dry," German for one, two, dry. The wine is exactly as fun as it sounds. Now farmed organically, it's bright and bone-fresh, with just a whisper of sweetness rounding out a zippy core of white peach, green apple, lime blossom, and wet-stone minerality. At a featherweight 11.5 percent, it's the kind of bottle that vanishes on a warm evening.
And 2021 is the vintage that makes it sing: a cool, classic German year built for exactly this, racy, aromatic, and impossibly easy to drink. Buy it by the case. It belongs in your fridge year-round.
