2021 Brand Hill of Flags Champagne supplmemented by fruit from their

supplmemented by fruit from their other vineyards

Essentially a “Premier Cru” wine

and everything is unfined and unfiltered

Our first stop was Vollenweider and we were greeted by the kind and gentle Moritz--winemaker and owner

Chateauneuf du Pape's red wines are not for the faint of heart

2021 Brand Hill of Flags Champagne supplmemented by fruit from theirThis is one of two single vineyard Riesling bottlings. This comes from a site called "Fahneberg," which would loosely translate to "Hill of Flags." It is a limestone dense parcel, toward the top of the Sonnenberg and very cool and windy. This is the most linear and incisive of the two Rieslings, with a higher acidity and more pronounced minerality.