Vollenweider, Blanc de Blancs Nr. VI Brut Nature, 2021 extra-brut-selection This is classic Mosel in

This is classic Mosel in all the best ways: bright citrus and white peach

Goisot’s Côte d’Auxerre Blanc is a pure expression of northern Burgundy Chardonnay

or anything kissed by fire and smoke

elegant Nebbiolo crafted through free-run fermentation with indigenous yeasts and minimal skin soaking

where cold Pacific air funnels in each afternoon to slow ripening and lock in acidity

Vollenweider, Blanc de Blancs Nr. VI Brut Nature, 2021 extra-brut-selection This is classic Mosel inVollenweider makes sparkling wine only in years when the Mosel hands them ripeness and acidity in the same breath, and every release gets its own cuve number because the blend is never the same twice. The project started in 2018, when the estate bought a small parcel of Pinot Blanc inside the Wolfer Goldgrube; Chardonnay followed, from Briedel on classic Mosel slate and from Nittel on the limestone of the Upper Mosel, and in cooler years a little