Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 NO20230823 and honeydew melon kissed by

and honeydew melon kissed by smoky minerality and finest botrytis

Elevated by a bouquet of spices such as aniseed and cardamom

and the oldest from 2010

The high amounts of corn and barley in the mashbill add light and airy fresh fruit aromatics

Call it baby Barolo from a volcano

Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 NO20230823 and honeydew melon kissed byFor 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,