Bodegas Exopto Rioja El Bernate de Exopto 2021 Size::6 Bottle Case Powerful nose

Powerful nose

Not far from Château Margaux

honeyed dessert wine made from grapes that have been shriveled by botrytis

reminiscent of Burgundy's finest

The grapes were 100% de-stemmed and fermented in closed concrete vats

Bodegas Exopto Rioja El Bernate de Exopto 2021 Size::6 Bottle Case Powerful noseSommelier alert. To get straight to the point, this single vineyard white is one of the most exciting white wines we have tasted from Spain. Period. It comes from a vineyard of the same name, a tiny plot of 80 year old Malvasa Riojana rooted in the highland limestone soils of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. To preserve what Tom calls the mineral and citric character that this variety can develop in limestone soils of Rioja Alta, it spends two weeks on