2016 Remelluri Rioja Reserva Loire White Lambrusco is making a comeback

Lambrusco is making a comeback

During our Spring visit to the vineyard

but also a nuttiness and a stony earthiness

most complex wines he makes

2016 Remelluri Rioja Reserva Loire White Lambrusco is making a comebackRemelluri is a single estate Rioja in the Alavesa subzone, farming organically at high elevation. The Rodrguez family has been making wine here since 1971, bucking the trend of blending fruit from all over the region. This is estate grown Tempranillo with some Garnacha and Graciano. Traditional winemaking, aged in French oak. Red cherry, leather, tobacco. Some spice and dried herbs. The fruit has aged into something more savory than sweet. Tannins are