Stagiare Wines, Mendocino County Sultana Of Swat, 2023 GERMANYCOUNT326 delivering a beautifully expressive Kabinett

delivering a beautifully expressive Kabinett that balances ripeness with Mosel’s signature electric acidity

and white peach are wrapped around a core of chalk

rich fruit with piquant mineral structure carrying to the finish

This is Mignon’s most precise Chardonnay cuvée—textured

Notes of cherry

Stagiare Wines, Mendocino County Sultana Of Swat, 2023 GERMANYCOUNT326 delivering a beautifully expressive KabinettThe Sultan of Swat was Babe Ruth's nickname, and this old vine Carignan swings for the fences too. Brent Mayeaux of Stagiaire sourced it from organically farmed vines pushing 100 plus years old around Hopland in Mendocino County, then made it the way he makes everything, zero added sulfur, no fining, no filtering. It's beefier and more concentrated than you'd expect from Mendocino Carignan, with a savory, earthy grip under the dark fruit. Old vines,