Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP which is usually the best

which is usually the best kind of bargain in California

With its crisp malt

and you feel it—not through tasting notes

yet the Bordeaux legacy lived in its classical approach

This is a Gem and a bottle that should find it's way into your bourbon collection

Dominio del Challao Rioja Virna 2022 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP which is usually the bestAn Argentine winemaker walks into Rioja. It sounds like a setup, but Manu Michelini of the Mendoza winemaking clan teamed up with Rioja native Carlos Fernandez in Labastida to farm old vines organically and biodynamically at around 600 meters, aging the wines in 12th century caves where the temperature and humidity simply don't move. Virna comes from the more vigorous sites: Tempranillo and Garnacha with a scattering of Mazuelo, Viura, Garnacha Blanca