2020 Stefan Vetter 'Steinterrassen Muschelkalk' Sylvaner, Franken, Germany Jean-Marc Pillot Nicole Deriaux’s gold-standard Crémant du

Nicole Deriaux’s gold-standard Crémant du Jura is always from a single vintage (though it is labeled non-vintage)

The vineyards date back to plantings that took place in 1890 and 1892 in the La Font du Pape lieu-dit and Barbe d’Asne lieu-dit

cinchona calisaya and kola nuts

With steep slopes and southern exposure

2020 Stefan Vetter 'Steinterrassen Muschelkalk' Sylvaner, Franken, Germany Jean-Marc Pillot Nicole Deriaux’s gold-standard Crémant duThe Steinterrassen wines are something like Vetters 1er Crus they are sourced from older vines from within the stone terraces. Vetter has two Sylvaners at this level, each one corresponding to a unique soil type: Sandstein or sandstone and Muschelkalk or limestone. Compared to the Sandstein, this is much more dusty, with pounded mineral and chalk notes, balsa wood, a delicate nuttiness, a green streak of resin and pine needles. On the palate this is