Apollo’s Praise is part of the new generation elevating Finger Lakes Chardonnay to world-class status
partly in neutral oak from top Burgundy and Champagne growers (Egly-Ouriet among them)
with crisp acidity and a dry
Wine made by nuns—and it's delicious
in the gentle Moscato d'Asti style
Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils, Riesling Schlossberg Grand Cru, 2023 SO031024 Apollo’s Praise is part ofPicture steep granite terraces climbing toward a medieval castle above Kaysersberg, farmed biodynamically by a family better known for Gevrey Chambertin. That's Schlossberg, one of Alsace's most dramatic Grand Crus, and Trapet's Riesling here is all tension and stone. The soils are granite (weathered biotite granite and gneiss granite migmatite of Kaysersberg), with no schist, which push the wine toward a cool, saline, crushed rock intensity rather