Domaine Ciringa Desertno Vino Sauvignon Blanc 2017 (375ml) CS20230516 aromatic and built to age

aromatic and built to age

with real sherry character underneath the bitterness

and energetic—a window into a region best known for whites but equally capable of producing compelling reds with finesse

and wines like this are why that movement keeps getting more interesting

The 2017 is a roughly even split of Cabernet Franc and Merlot

Domaine Ciringa Desertno Vino Sauvignon Blanc 2017 (375ml) CS20230516 aromatic and built to ageBotrytized Sauvignon Blanc from a 60 million year old limestone reef straddling the Slovenian Austrian border is not a sentence you get to write often. Domaine Ciringa is the Slovenian arm of the Tement family, whose famous Zieregg vineyard runs right across the frontier; Ciringa is simply the Slovenian name for the same hill. In vintages when noble rot cooperates, they make this: roughly 20% botrytized fruit, fermented in cask, landing near 75 grams