The Story
Karambolage is the word for a carom — the billiards shot where one ball cracks into another and everything on the table changes position. It is a good name for a wine Jonas Dostert built out of collisions. This is a non-vintage bottling from the Obermosel, the limestone stretch of the river upstream from the slate that gets all the photographs, and it sits happily outside the usual German conversation about vintage, site and variety. Dostert is one of the most interesting young growers working in Germany right now, farming chalky ground and keeping his hands out of the cellar as much as he can. Think of it as the house pour for people who would rather not be told what they're drinking before they drink it.
Description
Karambolage is the word for a carom — the billiards shot where one ball cracks into another and everything on the table changes position. It is a good name for a wine Jonas Dostert built out of collisions. This is a non-vintage bottling from the Obermosel, the limestone stretch of the river upstream from the slate that gets all the photographs, and it sits happily outside the usual German conversation about vintage, site and variety. Dostert is one of the most interesting young growers working in Germany right now, farming chalky ground and keeping his hands out of the cellar as much as he can. Think of it as the house pour for people who would rather not be told what they're drinking before they drink it.
