Tango Oaks Vineyard delivers a uniquely spice-driven Riesling year after year, underlaid by beautiful minerality from the site’s gravel soils and Alsatian clone vines. This bottling aims to push that another step further, inspired by the ‘Reserve’ series Urziger Würzgarten Rieslings from Dr. Loosen, where the wines are aged on the full fermentation lees for multiple years in homage to winemaking of the early 20th century. This connection is all the more apt, given that the spiciness of Tango Oaks Rieslings have led to the joke that the site is our own “Hectorwürzgarten.” True to our hopes, this handling does indeed amplify the spiciness and weight of Tango Oaks. Somewhat counterintuitively, despite the extra time on lees (and in puncheon) this bottling retains a brighter and more tense core than its earlier-bottled, stainless steel counterpart. Call it the surprising regenerative power of lees, the wisdom of prior generations of German winemakers, or simply delicious; but this is an experiment we’re happy to make every year. RS: 0.2% TA: 7.65 g/L pH: 3.24 ALC: 13%