100% Vijariego Blanco from ungrafted grapevines. Vijariego Blanco is the most acidic variety from the Canary Islands. It also adapts itself very well to different environments. The plots where this fruit comes from are in the villages of San Juan de la Rambla, La Guancha and Icod de los Vinos, in...

"La Cometa" comes from Germán’s oldest vineyards: 70-year-old vines planted at high altitudes. 100% Tempranillo grapes are hand-harvested and foot-crushed; with some destemming. Aged for 14 months in foudre and old 225-liter and 500-liter French oak casks. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without...

Viognier 46%, Pinot Gris 44%, and Muscat 10% from two organically farmed vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains AVA - Le Beau and Nemarniki. The fruit was destemmed and co-fermented on skins for 22 days before being pressed to a mix of Acacia, French Oak, and Italian clay tanks and matured for six...

Le Russeghine is the first-known single-vineyard Pigato from Liguria, which Riccardo Bruna first produced in 1972.  It is a selection of middle-aged and older vines from the eponymous vineyard, above the village of Ranzo Borgo, at 230m above sea level, exposed to the Southeast.  This is an historic...

Blend of Grüner, Riesling, Weissburgunder, Muskateller, Donauriesling, and Johanniter - all from the Loiserberg vineyard. Made in the same way as the Belle Naturelle - two weeks on skins in open top red wine fermenters. Must goes into 600 L oak barrels. Unfined, unfiltered. Use 10mg/L of sulfur at...

A very special single vineyard of 50-year-old vines with a sandy clay top soil and sand and gravel in the subsoil. Aged for 24 months in 2,000L barrels. Ratschen has darker fruit than the Weinberg and is quite structured with very fine tannins. It has deft balance - a football player who practices...

Normally a blend of all four steep slope grand crus from Immich:  Batterieberg, Zeppwingert, Ellergrub, and Steffensberg; but this year the Ellergrub fruit from blue slate dominates to scintillating effect. Mostly old and ungrafted vines — at least 60 years old — the vinous heritage of Germany...

Chevrot's aligoté comes from four parcels planted in 1970 and 1984. Two parcels have a gravel terroir and the other two have a sandstone terroir. The sandstone gives a smokey characteristic to the wine. Many people mistakenly believe that this smokey note comes from oak, but this wine is made in...

100% Barbera from a clay and limestone-gypsum vineyard with 20 year old vines, densely planted at 5000 plants per hectare. Macerations lasted 3 weeks. Aged 8 months in stainless steel and 2-3 months in bottle, so it is not released until almost a year after harvest.          

San Ferdinando’s Chianti ‘Il Gargaiolo’ takes its name from the eponymous stream that runs along the Sangiovese vineyard.  This vintage, the blend is 85% Sangiovese, 10% Ciliegiolo, and 5% ancient co-planted varietals; the grapes come from vineyards at 350m, facing south-southeast on light sandy...