2021 Dönnhoff "Kreuznacher Krötenpfuhl" Riesling Kabinett, Nahe, GermanyABOUT THIS WINE The loess loam soil of the Krotenpfuhl vineyard is notable for its high share of gravelly quarzite. Between the stony ground and its southern aspect, this neighbor to the Kahlenberg is known for warm soils and early flowering of the vines year after year. The loess loam substrate retains water well, ensuring the vines have sufficient moisture even in drought years. Vines growing in this type of pebbly soil tend to produce small berries

The vineyards for Silène are hillside vineyards located in Larnage and Gervans

Josep Grau is the winemaker and winery owner

And they are doing so with huge smiles

5 different varieties of Chenin were planted together so as to best express the intensity and singularity of this special place

In 2014 Ktima Biblia Chora purchased Estate Kokkoli

In addition to the monovarietal wines

raised among the vines

Decomposed granite comprises most of their eleven hectares

though there is some fruit from Deidesheim in the blend

and biodynamic farming in pursuit of making natural wines that reflect the purity of the place they come from

and without an escape route

Clauzade embarked on an education in engineering before acknowledging his passion for art and enrolling at the Beaux-Arts school in Toulouse