Smith Madrone Riesling Spring Mountain Gobelsburg Having been to the winery

Having been to the winery and met with Stu and Charles Smith

On the palate it’s energetic and spiky in the best way

The area is well protected and has a very special microclimate

and it was darn cheap

Smith Madrone Riesling Spring Mountain Gobelsburg Having been to the wineryI have been selling Smith Madrone wines since the 2001 vintage, and my love of them has never flagged. They make three wines Cab, Chard, and Riesling, the one well focus on today. This is a legendary wine in Napa Valley the first Riesling to drop Johannesburg from the label; the first to reduce residual sugar down to an Alsatian level; the first wine to be dry farmed in the Valley; and of course the first Riesling from Spring Mountain terroir. Having