Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Albillo Ponce 2023 NO20231101 sustainably harvested winged kelp

sustainably harvested winged kelp

Bottled at 100 proof

The Schloss Riesling captures the estate identity of Maximin Grünhaus—drawn from the historic Schlossberg vineyard parcels in the Mosel's Ruwer district

BODY: Full of body but not too strong

Bodegas Ponce Manchuela Albillo Ponce 2023 NO20231101 sustainably harvested winged kelpAlbillo is a grape most people have never heard of a rare Spanish white long written off as rustic country wine filler. Juan Antonio Ponce thinks it deserves better. Back home in Manchuela, high on the chalky central plateau, he farms old Albillo vines biodynamically and treats them with the seriousness usually reserved for grand crus: whole cluster fermentation, neutral oak, barely any sulfur. What comes out is pure, textured, and quietly mineral a