Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 web-published Lopez de Heredia Rioja Reserva

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

It's an idiosyncratic

On the nose

The category bitter liqueur is a broad one

Forjas del Salnes Albarino Leirana Finca Genoveva 2023 web-published Lopez de Heredia Rioja ReservaThese 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