Baldovar 923 Merseguera Blanco Canada Paris 2022 Old Rioja Bovale Sardo

Bovale Sardo

and kept running into the same problem: he couldn't find a California Cabernet he actually wanted to pour that a normal person could afford

Rich caramel

Satsuma mandarin

Charming now and built to drink over the next several years

Baldovar 923 Merseguera Blanco Canada Paris 2022 Old Rioja Bovale SardoHigh in the Serrana de Valencia about ninety minutes from the coast the team at Baldovar 923 is busy reviving a forgotten viticultural frontier. This is extreme altitude farming where eighty year old vines thrive at 1200 meters in a landscape defined by limestone and alpine air. The approach is one of rigorous minimalism using indigenous yeasts and lunar cycles to shepherd the fruit through a combination of stainless steel and seasoned French oak.