Chateau Bela (Egon Muller), Riesling, 2019 so070422 4th of july sale it is full-bodied and structured

it is full-bodied and structured

Made in small batches in New York’s Catskill Mountains

it is then bottle-aged a couple of years before release so the flavors mellow and knit together

interwoven with floral hints of violets and subtle earthy notes of forest floor and truffle

They still use concrete vats for much of the work — a holdout position in a region that has largely abandoned the tradition

Chateau Bela (Egon Muller), Riesling, 2019 so070422 4th of july sale it is full-bodied and structuredWhen the man widely called the King of Riesling decides to make wine outside Germany, it's worth paying attention. This is Egon Muller's project in southern Slovakia, on the banks of the Danube near the Hungarian border, made in partnership with owner Countess Ilona von Krockow and local winemaker Miroslav Petrech in a renovated 300 year old cellar. The aim was to rival the great dry Rieslings of Austria and Alsace, and the wine delivers a mineral,