Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 Esthers Made in traditional (Champagne) method

Made in traditional (Champagne) method

the result is even more complex than previous releases

Anderson Valley

and ripe bananas on the nose

the wines from this part of the Montagne de Reims are slimmer

Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 Esthers Made in traditional (Champagne) methodComptoir is the personal project of David Castleberry, the San Francisco sommelier who once ran the wine program at RN74 before Santa Barbara pulled him into making his own. Here he's coaxed dry Riesling out of Melville Vineyard a cool, sandy, fog swept Sta. Rita Hills site the wine world knows for Pinot and Chardonnay, not Riesling. He ferments and ages it in neutral barrels to keep the aromatics pure, and bottled this one in collaboration with