where maestro mezcalero Humberto Juan works with espadin agave grown by his brother Rodolfo and left to mature about eight years
The Bories family builds this one for tension instead of weight
Sourced from the organically farmed Royer & Alexeli vineyards in the Willamette Valley
with crushed blackberry and cherry layered against autumnal spice
Almost nobody plants it in California
Prinz Rheingau Riesling Trocken 2024 ABC321 where maestro mezcalero Humberto JuanThe Rheingau is one of Germany's great Riesling heartlands, and Weingut Prinz farms steep, organically tended slopes around the village of Hallgarten. This is their dry, everyday into the weekend Riesling, the bottle that shows off the region's signature mix of ripe orchard fruit and firm, mineral backbone. Trocken means dry, so there's no residual sugar sweetness here, just a clean, food friendly white with citrus, stone fruit and a brisk, energetic