Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 22BDX closer in spirit to Marsannay

closer in spirit to Marsannay than to anything from Sonoma

with a golden cast

angelica root

Incredible complexity and value in this white rum

Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 22BDX closer in spirit to MarsannayFor years, Valenciso made exactly one wine. Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso, both Rioja natives with long careers in the region behind them, founded the estate for the 1998 vintage and staked everything on a single Reserva. This 2019 comes from seventeen organically managed plots scattered across Rioja Alta villages including Villalba, Gimileo, Rodezno, Briones and Haro, all Tempranillo, hand harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete,