Another Edna Valley offering, this is an unconventional wine made from an unlikely southern California grape — Grüner Veltliner from Edna’s Paragon Vineyard, where 15 acres of the varietal are grown. Zocker (“gambler” in German) presents itself as crisp, grassy, and laced with lime leaf — lightly perfumed with white flowers but finishing on a fresh punch of honeydew melon. Seasonally on point.

A- / $20 / zockerwinery.com 

2017 Zocker Gruner Veltliner Edna Valley

$20

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Rating

9.0/10