Domaine le Freud Riesling Cuvee Prestige sancerre

Domaine le Freud Riesling Cuvee Prestige sancerrePairs with: Crispy fish tacos Good for: A late summer cookout Grape: Riesling I am from: Alsace, France The Story: Located between Colmar and Rouffach in Pfaffenheim, Alsace, Domaine Le Freud has worked its vines in the traditional way for many generations. The Le Freud estate has belonged to the Freudenreich family since 1730. Until 1991, the estate was run by Robert, and is now led by his son, Christophe. Christophe has played an important role in

when Symphorien Moillard produced his first under his own domaine

icy maritime winds and thick fog roll off the bay and sweep across the vineyard benches

and candied cherries

herbal mineral grip

it pours a dense

weathered granite packed with a heavy presence of quartz crystals tucked beneath a layer of sand and vibrant red clay (which actually stains the buried crystals a unique reddish-orange hue)

the Mercer family has been deeply rooted in the rugged

The Wicklow mountains are legendary because they hold the spirit's most pristine

anise and forest floor

very difficult to achieve in bigger size wineries apparently

the hand-harvested grapes undergo a completely un-oaked vinification

and wild blackberries