Pinea Korde Rose, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2022 Cote Rotie rocky earth

rocky earth

and their wines are consistently among the most sought-after and expensive Barolos on the market

the bees in the local dialect were called « mouches à miel » (honey flies)

dusty tannins that frame the flavors of baked black cherry

this wine remains tense and poised while also expressing great tenderness and suppleness

Pinea Korde Rose, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2022 Cote Rotie rocky earthBorn in Caldern, a vineyard planted in 1960 at 915 metres above sea level with a singular purpose: to give life to a clarete. Here, ungrafted vinesliving heritage that scarcely survives in Spainsink their roots into sandy limestone terraces, open to the calm of a landscape of rolling hills and rounded forms, closer to uplands than to Riberas usual postcard. This varietal mosaic is led by Bobal and Tinta Fina, alongside Garnacha, Albillo and Piruls.