2019 Schlossgut Diel "Burgberg" Riesling Grosses Gewächs, Nahe, GermanyABOUT THIS WINE The basis for the Riesling grape variety form a large part of the Nahe region. After harvesting, the grapes quickly reach the winery. Here they are selected and carefully broken up. The fermentation is then carried out at controlled temperatures. The fermentation is followed by maturation. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER The Schlossgut Diel vineyards, castle and winery are of great historical significance. The winery was purchased by the Diel

7-9 months aging in tank and very old 225-liter barrels

The 2016  Chateau Citran Haut-Medoc is a blend 49% Merlot

and it is one of the few wine towns/villages that doesn’t sit bang on the wine route

Since he took over his family’s estate more than a decade ago

Holds 1 standard champagne bottle

The Maiolini family has been connected to wine and grapes since the 15th century

Dundee Hills

leaving behind 450 acres of “fine vineland

And with Pierre Rostaing now in day-to-day control

minimal SO2 addition at harvest

The reclassification was not easy to achieve back in 1992

a doctor who became a prominent member of San Francisco’s Italian community