2023 Rippon "Mature Vine" Riesling, Wanaka, New ZealandABOUT THIS WINE The 2023 Rippon Mature Vine Riesling leads with dandelion and beeswax, white flowers and saffron, lanolin and brine. In the mouth, the wine is sleek, but the tail opens out to expose a wake of chalky phenolics. These provide grip and chew, and they are most welcome; it's a textural wine. The wine typically carries between eight and 12 grams of residual sugar per liter, and it carries it wellthis year, it has 10. 8 grams. 12% alcohol,

Working exclusively with native varieties and minimal intervention

His Ultreia label focuses on small

3% Petit Verdot

Grown on clay and limestone soil

and numerous manual tasks throughout the year

John Freeman

with native yeast fermentation and no additives beyond minimal sulfur

Domaine Guy & Yvan Dufouleur was established on the slopes of Nuits-Saint-Georges in 1596

Les Gartieux de Pichon Lalande

here in a honeyed gold edition

Working on weekends

and phenolic precision