The result reads more like a cool-vintage Loire Cabernet Franc or a graceful right-bank Bordeaux than a New World red: leafy
or truffle pasta
Huet is considered the reference point for Chenin Blanc worldwide
brings the same commitment to terroir and balance to their 2021 Rasteau Andéol
20% Merlot) ages 20 months in oak
Schafer-Frohlich, Riesling Trocken Schiefergestein, 2024 loire_valley-template The result reads more likeThe name means "slate rock," and that's the whole idea: this is Tim Frohlich's cult Nahe estate distilled into an everyday dry Riesling. It's drawn from blue Devonian slate, basalt, and quartz vineyards in Bockenau and Monzingen, including younger vines from the great Felseneck grand cru, so you get a real taste of the estate's flinty style without the grand cru price. Light, poor soils give it a filigree, crystalline quality. Bone dry, taut, and