CVNE Cune Rioja Gran Reserva 2018 Esthers Benoit Lahaye is one of

Benoit Lahaye is one of a tiny handful of Champagne growers who still plows his vineyards with a horse

weighted toward La Landonne

What began as a five-barrel experiment became a signature process: barrels travel across five continents

It shows fine gunpowder-like reduction

CVNE Cune Rioja Gran Reserva 2018 Esthers Benoit Lahaye is one ofThis storied Rioja family did not produce a Gran Reserva under the Cune label for many years. But it has been recently resurrected and is one of the more traditional wines. fermented in concrete and steel tanks with native yeasts and aged for 2 years in American and French oak of different ages before 3 more years of bottle aging.