Duplessis Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2019Region: Burgundy, France Appellation: Chablis Color Style: White Wine Grapes: Chardonnay

Rudi Wiest was introduced to Tim by Helmut Dönnhoff who told him there was a young man doing some extraordinary work in the village of Bockenau

meticulous farming

and did not work organically

) any producers in the Nahe

by his grandfather

This foot-slope vineyard faces the Danube to the north and is a classical river-bed soil of gravel with deposits of paragneiss and a rich topsoil of humus and loess

gravelly clay-loam and the vines are densely-planted

Grapes: Souvignier Gris

and did we mention that he’s rock star handsome

vineyard-specific bottlings called “Halgans” (Halenberg) and “Frühtau” (Frühlingsplätzchen) offer a very concise articulation of these amazing vineyards

Appellation: Chalk Hill/ Sonoma Coast

strove for more extractive styles as was popular in the mid aughts