From one of the best Eastern European importers, Danch & Granger-100% Modra Frankinja (Blaufrnkisch), “the climate has been changing and the grape has garnered increased attention in nearby Austria and Hungary, its becoming something really special here. Grown in the Schlossberg vineyard not too far from the Riesling, it gets 20 days on the skins followed by 9 months aging on the lees in 500L oak barrels. It adheres to their later pick and ripe philosophy, but remains so elegant, fresh, spicy and effortless. Its one of those wines that can be a big crowd pleaser but also capture someone deeply vested in this part of the wine world.”