Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 NO20230823 delivering considerable power on the

delivering considerable power on the palate enlivened by spice and decent acidity

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

Call it baby Barolo from a volcano

and honeydew melon kissed by smoky minerality and finest botrytis

The Loire Valley's cool climate and the terroir of clay

Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 NO20230823 delivering considerable power on theFor 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,