Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 web-published Winemaker Mathieu Vallee has been

Winemaker Mathieu Vallee has been on an incredible run since taking over Château Yvonne in 2007

drawn from selected parcels of mature vines and made with the same low-intervention care as the pricier single-vineyard bottlings

Lopez de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia 2012 (375ml) showcases classic Rioja elegance with well-structured complexity

The 2023 is classic Gevrey at the entry tier: dark red fruit

Not to be confused with Poderi Oddero

Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 web-published Winemaker Mathieu Vallee has beenThese vines were planted before the American Civil War. Finca Genoveva is a single parcel of roughly 180 year old Albarino rooted in pure granite soil so poor that phylloxera never managed to get a foothold. Rodrigo Mendez ferments and ages the wine for a full year in large, well seasoned neutral foudres with the lees left untouched, which builds texture without ever burying the fruit in oak. It is famously closed and austere when young, so give it a