Honorio Rubio, Rioja Rosado Lias Finas, 2020 041125LoireOffer this is required New York

this is required New York reading

while the finish is long and nuanced

this Barbaresco will reward patience

all wrapped in supple tannins

Honorio Rubio, Rioja Rosado Lias Finas, 2020 041125LoireOffer this is required New YorkCordovin doesn't make its name on big Rioja reds. This high altitude town in Rioja Alta has spent centuries making clarete instead, a pale pink wine built by an old and slightly odd method: white Viura and red Garnacha macerated together, rather than blended after the fact. Bodega 220 Cantaras inherits that recipe and gives it a French finish, aging the wine on its fine lees in barrel, which is what the "lias finas" of the name refers to. The result