Setzer Weinviertel Zweigelt 2022 CS20230828 and only a trickle makes

and only a trickle makes it to the West Coast

From the producer: A perfect blend of two wines each aged individually in the traditional

There are few wines in the world more cultishly admired than those of Valentini — the Abruzzese estate that Francesco Paolo Valentini continues to run in the singular

A benchmark from a quiet legend

Setzer Weinviertel Zweigelt 2022 CS20230828 and only a trickle makesZweigelt is Austria's most planted red grape and one of the great under the radar pleasures in wine: a 20th century crossing of Blaufrnkisch and St. Laurent that gives dark, juicy fruit with almost no tannic weight. Setzer's comes from Hohenwarth in the Weinviertel, where the family has farmed since 1705 and where sandy, limestone rich soils keep the wine lifted instead of heavy. Put a light chill on it and it becomes one of the most useful bottles