Bodegas Exopto Rioja El Bernate de Exopto 2021 don-giovanni it is difficult in most

it is difficult in most years to have a single varietal bottling

The 2022 Diana Madeline is a culmination of over 50 years of dedication effort and respect for the land to make the best quality wine

wholebunch pressing and allowing natural ferments to occur

Fermented in large 20-year-old 'Cuba' French oak with 10% stems

with the fragrance of white peach and green apple

Bodegas Exopto Rioja El Bernate de Exopto 2021 don-giovanni it is difficult in mostSommelier alert. To get straight to the point, this single vineyard white is one of the most exciting white wines we have tasted from Spain. Period. It comes from a vineyard of the same name, a tiny plot of 80 year old Malvasa Riojana rooted in the highland limestone soils of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. To preserve what Tom calls the mineral and citric character that this variety can develop in limestone soils of Rioja Alta, it spends two weeks on