Bertrand Graillot Domaine de l'Estang Sancerre, Loire, France 2020 Valais with polished tannins and surprisingly

with polished tannins and surprisingly integrated oak after such a long élevage

A lively and elegant sparkling wine with a vivacious and minute perlage

and Counoise from the Windmill Vineyard

and focused Mosel Riesling using time-honored techniques

crisp and pleasantly tannic with further elegant red fruit flavours and subtle hints of tobacco and vanilla

Bertrand Graillot Domaine de l'Estang Sancerre, Loire, France 2020 Valais with polished tannins and surprisinglyDomaine de lEstangs Sancerre comes from two hectares worth of parcels, split between the flinty soils of Mntrol sous Sancerre and the clay limestone soils of Thauvenay, and planted between 2004 and 2012. With just 50 milligrams per liter of added sulfur, this is lively and expansive, bursting with tangy orchard fruit and overlaid with gentle floral elements. Like its Coteaux du Giennois counterpart, it is simultaneously rich and mineral driven,