Domaine Ciringa Fosilni Breg Sauvignon Blanc 2023 NO20231101 from the Cabernet-skeptic uncle to

from the Cabernet-skeptic uncle to the serious collector who just wants something delicious

From the producer: This straight bourbon whiskey has a lively nose of butterscotch

this is one of the oldest pieces of dirt to be planted to wine grapes in California outside of the missions

high-elevation style beautifully

The juniper is distilled separately in an alembic and then combined with the others

Domaine Ciringa Fosilni Breg Sauvignon Blanc 2023 NO20231101 from the Cabernet-skeptic uncle toArmin Tement likes to say that Sauvignon Blanc grown on this soil doesn't really taste like Sauvignon Blanc, and he is right. Fosilni Breg means fossil hill, and the vineyard is a steep, south facing wall of 60 million year old limestone reef, an ancient seabed with the Slovenia Austria border running straight through it. It is essentially the same rock as Chablis, just younger. The Tements farm it organically and biodynamically, ferment spontaneously