Markus Prackwieser Gump Hof Alto Adige Praesulis Pinot Noir 2021 MARQUE A single-cask cognac from Grande

A single-cask cognac from Grande Champagne—the premier cru of Cognac's six terroirs—distilled in 2004 and bottled unblended

veterans of California's natural wine movement

sitting just north of the Bordeaux suburbs on a tongue of gravel that pokes south of where the Haut-Medoc proper begins

Calvados with an unusually high pear content

with finely integrated tannins that give it both structure and finesse

Markus Prackwieser Gump Hof Alto Adige Praesulis Pinot Noir 2021 MARQUE A single-cask cognac from GrandeMarkus Prackwieser's family has farmed the Gump Hof for more than two centuries, on steep terraces at the entrance to Alto Adige's Isarco Valley, in the shadow of the Sciliar massif. His Praesulis line named for the nearby Castle of Presule comes from the estate's highest, oldest plots. Pinot Noir is a rarity in this otherwise white wine corner of the Alps; it ripens here only because the slopes are warm enough by day and cool enough by night to draw