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

and hints of fresh almonds

and ripe bananas on the nose

Made in traditional (Champagne) method

Anderson Valley

with the weight and structure typical of Monforte

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