J. Brix Riesling Kick on Ranch The Augur 2021 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Beware: this bottle goes down

Beware: this bottle goes down quick

There’s a little flinty

with nuts and dried fruits

made in one of those classic cool-vintage years where ripe Cabernet held onto bracing Left Bank acidity

J. Brix Riesling Kick on Ranch The Augur 2021 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Beware: this bottle goes downTwo winemakers, one garage dream, now a Santa Barbara treasure: J. Brix craft Rieslings with zest and purpose. The Augur comes from Kick On Ranch Vineyard, planted on sandy soils near the Pacific where bright acidity is the natural reward. Fermented dry with native yeasts in neutral vessels, this unfined and unfiltered wine pours at 12% with a saline, zippy character that transforms from sushi to sausages. The name references Roman augurs who foretold