Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 NO20230823 The Loire Valley's cool climate

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

Port pipes and Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques

and honeydew melon kissed by smoky minerality and finest botrytis

Elevated by a bouquet of spices such as aniseed and cardamom

and the oldest from 2010

Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2019 NO20230823 The Loire Valley's cool climateFor 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,