Hirsch, Riesling "Gaisberg", 2015 21225BORCHAMP The Buffalo Trace has a

The Buffalo Trace has a complexity that matches many bourbons that sell for far more

and cinnamon

but structured enough to hold up in elevated cocktails like an Añejo Old Fashioned

gentian root and cardamom

Hirsch, Riesling "Gaisberg", 2015 21225BORCHAMP The Buffalo Trace has aThe Gaisberg is a steep, southwest facing slope of siliceous brown earth over weathered mica schist in the cool Kamptal, and it makes Riesling of laser focus and stony intensity. Johannes Hirsch farms it biodynamically, letting the site speak in a dry, mineral register that has nothing to do with the sweeter German style. This 2015 has moved fully into maturity, its fruit deepening toward candied citrus and gentle petrol while the vineyard's stony