Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 Esthers and hints of fresh almonds

and hints of fresh almonds

and Zinfandel pulls from century-old vines in Lodi and Contra Costa—farms dating back to 1886

California’s orchards stretch from the Central Valley to the Coastal Range

Anderson Valley

crafted with the precision and finesse that defines quality Burgundy

Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 Esthers and hints of fresh almondsComptoir 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