Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick with aromas of yellow apples

with aromas of yellow apples and pears

and bourbon sea salt barrels

Give it half an hour in a decanter and it's ready tonight

Fermented and aged in stainless steel to preserve its energetic acidity

Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick with aromas of yellow applesComptoir 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