Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 Esthers and ripe bananas on the

and ripe bananas on the nose

toasted brioche

to dried fruits

the result is even more complex than previous releases

and hints of fresh almonds

Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 Esthers and ripe bananas on theComptoir 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