Rico Nuevo Barrera de Sol 2021 GERAUS and salt-licked

and salt-licked

with notes of chocolate and tobacco and a smoky finish

releasing a new age statement each year

no-nothing-added Champagne

which the parcel carried until the vineyard was renamed in the late 1800s

Rico Nuevo Barrera de Sol 2021 GERAUS and salt-lickedEverything you think you know about Garnacha, that it is jammy and hot and heavy, comes undone in the Sierra de Gredos. Up in these mountains west of Madrid, on cold granite at altitude, the grape turns light on its feet: red fruit, wild herbs, crushed rock and a savory snap at the end. Juanan Martin farms dozens of tiny old vine parcels around the village of Burgohondo, working biodynamically and keeping his hand light in the cellar. Barrera de Sol