Compania Bodeguera Valenciso Blanco Fermentado en Barrica, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2022 Reserve Ruby Port with notes of anise

with notes of anise

with its complex aromas

this is the real thing

black plum reduction and fig cake

Compania Bodeguera Valenciso Blanco Fermentado en Barrica, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2022 Reserve Ruby Port with notes of aniseThis fleshy, classy white is crafted from 100 plus year old vines of Viura (70%) and Garnacha Blanca (30%). It is sourced from four highland vineyards around Haro and Villalba. After a wild ferment, the wine was aged on lees in Russian, steam bent, untoasted oak barrels (a fine grained Caucasian wood that allows for excellent balance between fruit and oak) for nine months. The result is a super pretty, aromatic wine with citrus zest, mineral and a