Preston Dry Creek Valley Grenache 2023 NO20230927 7 year old Agave plant

7 year old Agave plant

Hugel has been making wine in Riquewihr since 1639 — twelve generations of one of Alsace's foundational families

The Dagueneau family

with notes of baked apple

Preston Dry Creek Valley Grenache 2023 NO20230927 7 year old Agave plantLou Preston planted Rhne varieties in Dry Creek Valley back when Sonoma's reflex answer to a sunny hillside was still Cabernet or Zinfandel. The estate has been farmed organically and biodynamically (Demeter certified in 2015) across a patchwork of parcels that also produce bread, olive oil and vegetables. This Grenache is the bright, lifted member of the Preston Rhne lineup: hibiscus and wild strawberry on a buoyant, almost weightless frame, with a