2021 | Bodega Alegre Valganon Tinto | Rioja Azienda Agricola Musella blackberries and cedar wood

blackberries and cedar wood

salt-licked Chardonnay produced by Jean-Nicolas Méo of Méo-Camuzet fame

bringing an incredible freshness to the blend

No doubt this NV will flourish with age

mushrooms and bark that flow through to a palate with a medium body

2021 | Bodega Alegre Valganon Tinto | Rioja Azienda Agricola Musella blackberries and cedar woodThe 2021 Tinto, produced with 75% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% white grapes, is serious and austere, produced with grapes from cooler parts of Rioja to achieve freshness and aging potential without having to resource to very long aging in barrel (this was in barrels and foudres of different ages and sizes for some 16 months). It opened up with time in the glass to a medium to full bodied palate with very fine tannins and a clean, long and tasty,