2023 Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria Moutard mixed Dijon clones picked 10/3/22

mixed Dijon clones picked 10/3/22 and 33% X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay Block 5 and 4

These 24 Burgundian Pièces were gently assembled and bottled amid the spring of 2023 after enduring a 76 week elevage

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The grapes are brought to the cellar and are naturally co-fermented in steel tanks for 72 hours

2017 Maitre de Chai Stampede Zinfandel

2023 Weingut Leo Alzinger Loibenberg Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Austria Moutard mixed Dijon clones picked 10/3/22Loibenberg is Wachaus suntrap steep, south facing terraces that soak up the heat, balanced by cool air rolling in from the north. Its this push and pull that gives Alzingers Riesling its tension: ripe yet precise, concentrated yet finessed. The vines here dig into barren, primary rock soils, which shape a Riesling of structure and depth. Spontaneously fermented and aged mostly in steel with a whisper of neutral Austrian oak, the wine is layered and