2023 Welschriesling vom Opok Umbria behind closed doors

behind closed doors

They answer softly

balancing a peach on one hip and a white lily behind your ear

Just when you think you’ve sunk too deep

2023 Welschriesling vom Opok Umbria behind closed doorsHold still. I want to watch your hands shake while you pour. Yes like that. Keep your grip low on the stem I like seeing the glass tremble. Look at the colour: pale gold with a green flash, like sunlight through wet leaves. Good. Bring it to your lips, but dont drink yet. Smell it. Sharp green apple, lime zest grated in slow spirals, cucumber sliced so thin the blade sings. Now theres fennel frond, crushed coriander seed, wet stone after rain. Breathe