Jonas Dostert Elbling “Karambolage”, Mosel, Germany Fio Wines with lovely tannic structure and

with lovely tannic structure and notes ranging from ripe black fruit to tobacco and wet earth

A blend of 56% Vidal Blanc

Terra Forte means rare

the opportunity opened up for us to work with some fruit from Windmill Vineyard in the Dunnigan Hills

incredible mineral tension

Jonas Dostert Elbling “Karambolage”, Mosel, Germany Fio Wines with lovely tannic structure andIm told the French word Karambolage means collision in English; Google translate confirms this to be the case. This is Dosterts calling card wine and for him one of the most important wines he makes. For 2022 it is roughly a third Elbling, a third Chardonnay and a third Pinot Gris. Because of the extreme dryness of the vintage, Dostert did more skin contact than normal, hoping to pull from the skins more nutrients to help the fermentation. In the end,