El Vinculo La Mancha Crianza 2020 GERAUS Fleuron is where they turn

Fleuron is where they turn up the intensity: mostly Grand Cru fruit from Cramant and Chouilly

Real value in Napa

with the same calcareous soils

up in the elevated reaches of Mendocino's Potter Valley

this is a stunning example from one of the region’s most exciting vignerons

El Vinculo La Mancha Crianza 2020 GERAUS Fleuron is where they turnDon Quixote charged the windmills of Campo de Criptana, and Alejandro Fernandez planted Tempranillo in their shadow. La Mancha's reputation was built on cheap bulk wine; Fernandez, the man who made Ribera del Duero famous with Pesquera, came here to argue otherwise. El Vinculo is unapologetically old school Spanish red: 18 months in American and French oak, ripe and earthy, roasted and generous. It's not subtle and it isn't pretending to be, which is