Valentan Modra Frankinja 2020 Esthers and beat out the best

and beat out the best of the best in Europe’s famed Destillata blind tasting

From younger vines at Quinta de Roriz and Quinta da Perdiz in the Douro's Cima Corgo

black cardamom

herbal and root aromas

Valentan Modra Frankinja 2020 Esthers and beat out the bestFrom one of the best Eastern European importers, Danch & Granger 100% Modra Frankinja (Blaufrnkisch), "the climate has been changing and the grape has garnered increased attention in nearby Austria and Hungary, its becoming something really special here. Grown in the Schlossberg vineyard not too far from the Riesling, it gets 20 days on the skins followed by 9 months aging on the lees in 500L oak barrels. It adheres to their later pick and ripe