Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 121825OFFER and began bottling under his

and began bottling under his own name in 2010

founded in 1824 by Alexander Reid in Craigellachie

high enough that the fruit holds onto its nerve

fresh soil

Ex-Margaux Barrel

Marques de Caceres Rioja Gaudium 2020 121825OFFER and began bottling under hisThis is the bottle Marques de Caceres makes when it wants to prove a point. Gaudium (Latin for joy) comes from tiny old vine plots scattered across Rioja Alta and the high terraces of Rioja Alavesa, some vines over seventy years old and a few pre phylloxera survivors past a century. Yields are brutal by design, under a kilo of fruit per plant, and the grapes are hand picked in small boxes and sorted cluster by cluster before native yeast fermentation