Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick and bourbon sea salt barrels

and bourbon sea salt barrels

with aromas of yellow apples and pears

From the producer: Bottled at 57

Volunteer firefighter Jess Graber and Flying Dog Brewery founder George Stranahan started distilling together in 2004

In Flavien's hands

Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick and bourbon sea salt barrelsComptoir is the personal project of David Castleberry, the San Francisco sommelier who once ran the wine program at RN74 before Santa Barbara pulled him into making his own. Here he's coaxed dry Riesling out of Melville Vineyard a cool, sandy, fog swept Sta. Rita Hills site the wine world knows for Pinot and Chardonnay, not Riesling. He ferments and ages it in neutral barrels to keep the aromatics pure, and bottled this one in collaboration with