Grapes: 100% Riesling

A unique, delicious and rare gem from one of our favorite producers.

Made from 20% botrytized Riesling, hand harvested, whole cluster pressed, the unsulfured juice was racked into a 1000L Austrian cask, where it would naturally ferment and rest on lees for 1 year. No fining or filtration, and then bottled in ceramic to protect from light and promote aging.

This is simply white gold in the glass, with deceiving aromas of ripe Bartlett pears and golden delicious apples. Under the fresh fruit layer sits a brooding sea of herbs – lemon verbena, eucalyptus, sage. There’s even notes of bittering agents like wormwood and cassia bark, yet they’re not present on the palate.... A lightning bolt of acidity strikes your palate upon first taste, and then begins the cascading flavors of salted lemon and white pineapple soaked in chamomile tea. The finish is dry, and layered with dried herbs as the wine warms in the glass.