2023 Shelter Winery, Baden, Spatburgunder Cuvee_Etichetta Bianca 400 meters in the San

400 meters in the San Mateo district

Gone are the days where anything reasonably priced on the shelf was bound to be some caramel-colored mixto that was a blend of sub-par Tequila and other neutral spirits

non-oxidative) can rival lofty white Burgundy at a fraction of the price

Foillard’s wines are always an unyieldingly pure expression of the vintage and his special terroirs

allowed for full physiological ripeness while preserving vital acidity

2023 Shelter Winery, Baden, Spatburgunder Cuvee_Etichetta Bianca 400 meters in the SanHans Bert Espe and Silke Wolf farm organically in Baden, just north of the Kaiserstuhl, where the Black Forest keeps temperatures cool and the growing season long and deliberate. It's a quiet, unhurried corner of Germany that produces Sptburgunder with a refinement and precision that serious Burgundy lovers find immediately familiar and occasionally humbling at the price point. In the cellar, the approach is straightforward: indigenous yeast, open top