Fio, Goldtröpfchen Riesling Trocken - Extended Elevage, 2017 Freisa and Friends and the wine’s sinewy structure

and the wine’s sinewy structure speaks to cool-climate ripening and the unique character of high-altitude Montalcino

and a whisper of flor-derived salinity

and Parellada

crafted from the estate’s rich terroir in Sonoma Valley

This is Sicily as Franco understands it: complex

Fio, Goldtröpfchen Riesling Trocken - Extended Elevage, 2017 Freisa and Friends and the wine’s sinewy structureFio represents a bold partnership between the Kettern family (making wine in the Mosel for several hundred years) and Dirk Niepoort (famed Portuguese winemaker), founded to reinterpret classic Mosel wine production. Based in Piesport (Middle Mosel), Fio pursues 'old school' wines made in classic, slower styleorganic viticulture with no SO2 during winemaking, minimal SO2 at bottling. The Goldtrpfchen vineyard sits among Piesport's top sites (alongside