Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2022 Cotes de Beaune which is based on 70%

which is based on 70% Viura and 30% Garnacha Blanca and Malvasía Riojana

Really expressive

musk melon

full-bodied Margaux with fruit and freshness

Jose Gil El Bardallo, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2022 Cotes de Beaune which is based on 70%As with La Canoca, the 2022 El Bardallo changes from a single vineyard to a paraje (lieu dit) wine and includes more plots in the same place to increase the volume of wine produced. It's Tempranillo with some 10% white grapes, mostly Viura. It fermented with some whole cluster fruit and indigenous yeasts and matured in 500 and 600 liter barrels. It's quite fruit driven, aromatic and reminiscent of the old carbonic fermentation reds matured in barrel,